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Show The United St at ex . . . 10th Civilization To Fall? vnL Nine (treat civilizations before ours rose, flourished, decayed and died. Karh of the nine renrhed its peak In about 200 years. Each seemed Invincible: yet each crumbled In the face of competing com-peting civilizations. Who were they? Babylon Egypt Assyria Egypt New Bnbvlon Phonecia, and The Persian Empire Greece and Home Why did these Nine C I vlliiji lions fall? In every case the reason was the same: moral decay, which led to political, economic and social decay and ruin. The I'nited States need NOT He next Certainly there are slinlllarltles between these great civilizations and their histories, and our own. It Is these similarities liat frighten one. Yet the die Is not yet cast. Because we know why great civilizations fell (and ours is a grent civilization); because we are forewarned, we can start NOW to reverse our own downward trend. We can stop moral decoy In lis tracks, yes moral decay and the economic and social decay which follow It as night follows the dny. The challenge Whot is the course that we must take? We must regenerate the sense of moral responsibility in the loves of every one. For the way to improve society is to Improve the Individuals who make up society. How to achieve that Individual mnral responsibility? By turning turn-ing once at(oln to the only source of knowledge, meaning, and strength that endures our rallh In God and the Judeo-Christlon tradition. Individual moral responsibility is the wellsprlng of honesty, Integrity, Relf-respect, true compassion, and charity. It, pennii.s creativity and self-reliance. Individual moral responsibility In the end can and must be the force which saves our grent nation from the fate of all Its predecessors. The above Is a condensation of nn article In a recent Issue, of IRON AUE maunzinc written by Frank Flick, founder and president of Flick-Reedy Corporation, rienscnvllle. Illinois a hiuhlu successful Industrial concern. Throuuli application of the philosophy of Individual moral responsibility Flick built his company from a small froup of lesn than 70 employes in 1I45 to a compmy of 800 employees In 1978 Flick-Reedy fotay Is the world's lariest manufacturer of machine tool grade air and hydraulic jxiwer cylinders. If you would like to read the entire IRON A(IK story, a copy is yours for the asking. Just write the, Flick-Reedy Corporation. 7N01S York Rood, Ilensem'tllc. Illinois sown. |