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Show oo WHY A NATION WAS DESTROYED. Justice is not essential to a nation's life. That was the philosophy of .Metternick of Austria, who believed thai the ends justify ihe means A writer, analyzing Mpttorniek s doctrine in lisrht of Austria's downfall. sa "Justice is a fundamental moral law" of the universe. It existed before hu msn society was organized and it will exist when this planet ceases to be a human habitation. The Austrian empire em-pire fell because it was organized in opposition to a moral law. The world war hastened Its collapse: but, under any condition Austria could not long have escaped the Inevitable. "So chaos," wrote Carlyle. 'can con Cnui chaotic wiih a soul In It" Can it be that the soul of Austria Is dead? Was Matternlck a Faust who sold his country to I Biephk lopheles?" A,UStria'B downfall Is a warning even to individuals, as it emphasizes the ne cesslty of following the great precepts pre-cepts of morality. Disregard of the moral law will destroy the individual as w ell as the nation nn |