Western Civilization, Because Of Fortuitous

If We Justify War, It Is Because All Peoples Always Justify The Traits Of Which They Find Themselves Possessed, Not Because War Will Bear An Objective Examination Of Its Merits

Most People Are Shaped To The Form Of Their Culture Because Of The Enormous Malleability Of Their Original Endowment. They Are Plastic To The Moulding Force Of The Society Into Which They Are Born. It Does Not Matter Whether, With The Northwest Coast, It Requires Delusions Of Self-reference, Or With Our Own Civilization The Amassing Of Possessions. In Any Case The Great Mass Of Individuals Take Quite Readily The Form That Is Presented To Them.

The Tough-minded ... Respect Difference. Their Goal Is A World Made Safe For Differences, Where The United States May Be American To The Hilt Without Threatening The Peace Of The World, And France May Be France, And Japan May Be Japan On The Same Conditions.

The Japanese Are, To The Highest Degree, Both Aggressive And Unaggressive, Both Militaristic And Aesthetic, Both Insolent And Polite, Rigid And Adaptable, Submissive And Resentful Of Being Pushed Around, Loyal And Treacherous, Brave And Timid, Conservative And Hospitable To New Ways.

I Gambled On Having The Strength To Live Two Lives, One For Myself And One For The World.