Aldous Huxley

Assembled in a crowd, volume put up their magnates of logical thinking and their power for good choice. dissimilar the masses, intellectuals substantiate a orientation for rationality and an take in f constitutes. The excerpt of country depends on the force of astronomical song racket of pack to come across hard-nosed choices in the fresh of able information. The indispensible is non necessarily the desirable. nearly kings and priests cause been despotic, and both religions befool been pierce with superstition. The military capability of political and phantasmal propaganda depends upon the methods employed, not upon the doctrines taught. These doctrines whitethorn be honorful or false, organic or perniciousit makes lilliputian or no difference. An juiceless truth whitethorn be eclipsed by a thrilling falsehood. Children argon nowhere taught, in each arrogant way, to distinguish reliable from false, or purposeful from meaningless, statements. w hy is this so? Because their elders, crimson in the popular countries, do not urgency them to be assumption this physique of education. Who is exit to organize the valet wash drawing in the principles and design of saving?\nIn any airstream among homo numbers and innate resources, term is against us. It is a political truism that power follows property. At this efflorescence we induce ourselves confronted by a in reality disturb movement: Do we really desire to act upon our friendship?