Every Age Yearns For A More Beautiful

The Title Of Hero Is Bestowed By The Survivors Upon The Fallen, Who Themselves Know Nothing Of Heroism.

The Slogan Offers A Counterweight To The General Dispersion Of Thought By Holding It Fast To A Single, Utterly Succinct And Unforgettable Expression, One Which Usually Inspires Men To Immediate Action. It Abolishes Reflection: The Slogan Does Not Argue, It Asserts And Commands.

People Accept A Representation In Which The Elements Of Wish And Fantasy Are Purposely Included But Which Nevertheless Proclaims To Represent "the Past" And To Serve As A Guide-rule For Life, Thereby Hopelessly Confusing The Spheres Of Knowledge And Will.

In Europe Art Has To A Large Degree Taken The Place Of Religion. In America It Seems Rather To Be Science.

A Superstition Which Pretends To Be Scientific Creates A Much Greater Confusion Of Thought Than One Which Contents Itself With Simple Popular Practices.