The need, as he sees it, is "spiritual preparedness", a "religious pacifism" as opposed to a "political pacifism," not only for the individual but also for the state, To the pacifist he puts this question:
If we want to be really honest we cannot avoid the question: have we a right to insist upon the fulfilment Of one particular jaw and yet treat ihe other commands of Christ with indulgence and laxity?...It follows that so long as we are not able to translate the whole of Christ's teaching into action it is inconsistent to oung fanatically to one particular Command [that of turning the other cheek and other injunctions relative to the pacifist stand] even though its breach many have more disastrous effects than that of any other law. The differences in our trespasses is not one of kind but one of degree.
Throughout thousands of yea jealousy, intolerance, selfishness, con-Celt, will-to-power, possessiveness, injustice have produced more ' unmerited suffering than all wars put together, The sin against peace is a monstrosity. So are daily sins against ihe virtues that should be the sole pillars upon which life rests.
Mr. Landau may be better known for his biographies of Paderewski and Pilsudski than for his more recent religious books. But his honesty and the generous spirit in which he brings his religious convictions to the problems of war and peace will stimulate and help both those who agree and those wno disagree with him.—
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