Life Is Not Worth Living For Which

... My Century.. Is Unique In The History Of Men For Two Reasons. It Is The First Century Since Life Began When A Decisive Part Of The Most Articulate Section Of Mankind Has Not Merely Ceased To Believe In God, But Has Deliberately Rejected God. And It Is The Century In Which This Religious Rejection Has Taken A Specifically Political Form.

Men Who Sincerely Abhorred The Word Communism In The Pursuit Of Common Ends Found That They Were Unable To Distinguish Communists From Themselves…. For Men Who Could Not See That What They Firmly Believed Was Liberalism Added Up To Socialism Could Scarcely Be Expected To See What Added Up To Communism. Any Charge Of Communism Enraged Them Precisely Because They Could Not Grasp The Differences Between Themselves And Those Against Whom It Was Made.

It Is Popular To Call It A Crisis Of The Western World. It Is In Fact A Crisis Of The Whole World. Communism, Which Claims To Be A Solution Of The Crisis, Is Itself A Symptom And An Irritant Of The Crisis.

In 1937, I Began, Like Lazarus, The Impossible Return.

Every Man Is Crucified Upon The Cross Of Himself.