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Show EZmiZZZZZZZZZl There is a new humanism in tho world, which is surely spreading abroad. This new ffkT -. humanism recognizes the fact that to know 13 W nn(j understand living men, both individuals HumQoisrn nm nnons' " n srca Pnr' nny complete education. This humanism tinges all of tho ID. social and tho international striving of our TrllTfufiflTI '"I1C binges our education. Wo livo already al-ready in a world in which men are trying to understand ono another. Men are trying to By ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN understand their neighbors, and that is the Uniidsuic.mmi..i.0.rot ,)elter pnrt of democracy jen aro trying IZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZj 1 understand other peoples and nations, and that is the foundation of our new world politics. The reason why wo hope to understand the rest of tho world, tho reason why wo even care to understand the rest of the world, is that our differences stand out from a background of agreement, a substratum of ultimate unity. Tho 'differences aro picturesque and interesting, nnd at times command the whole field of attention. Without national peculiarities and even oppositions, our world-unity would be a poor thing, a dull and insipid in-sipid uniformity. Let us tnko our part in setting up world-standards in tho domain of culture and education. Such a movement, I believe, will mnko for pence; but if so, it will accomplish thnt end by promoting ono of the best tendencies ten-dencies in modern education, a humano tendency, which may bo summed up in tho saying, "Let us see if wo cannot understand ono another." |