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AVoice Cries Out:
Problem.of Survival-
Will ItWorkOut?
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Will the threat ofnuclear war
and human extinction just go away
ifwe don't think about it?
W
ILL
the old adage
apply now
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It
said,
"In the long run, all will
work ihelf out." Or will it havl'"
to he u nrked out by ,rnme
one·�
\\'HY do \1,;e- ,f'em atraid to think
ahout it --1ir di) ;1nything :1hu1ir
thi:-. unpreredenterl dan);!er ·)
,-,_.I.LT. if it ever worked. woulrl
11nl\ limit expansion cif nurle;:u
1,.1,eHpons . Hut ,,x, .
. . . tinL! wPa1wns qf
rna:--.s des.trnrtion could annihilate
mankind !rum th" planet C,(l tim%
m·er And once would he quite
ennugh'
One H-homb w<1u/d wreak as
much destruction as all the bombs
exploded hv hoth ,,des in World
War ll'
C'an we feel safe hy think,n� the
threat is so terrifying no one would
dare use it') A madman in une of the
smaller nudear nations. mlght :-.tart
the war that could spread to era,e
humanitv from rhe earrh' .\nd with
chemical warfare thrown in'
But two facts are real . 1
One is the fact- tor the hr,1
t ime �inre humans inhah1ted the
c>art'n.--t'nere do ex·ls\ .;.tah Wi:'rtf)
nn:-. and the rea\istir pn�sihilit;,;.
What hrouKht a fa,t-ad,ancing
civtliza1ion to the verv brink ()t
such unhe/ie,ahle�n,i n-al ulti
mate catastrophe'' \\"h, the para
dox? Ir the threat is ton awesome
for most to runtempla1e, :,o i:-:. the
advancement and progre.;.:,., · ln
2tlth-centun L ·i,iliza1i-1n a\, : p..;,11ne
almost h
p
,,;nd helit-1�
What would a Lincoln. a \ " an.
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£
cuuld he brought hack tn Ille
todav
q
�uch a one v.ould �tand
aghast at rhe marq,fs o1 sClenre
and technolo);!\. the pnwt.'r (d
husirw-.;s and indu..,tr\, the n1odf>rn
CnncordP carryinl:!: a · hundn.•rl pa-.;.
:--.enger..;, from l.(•nd,,n ,1nd arriving
ln \:ew Y11rk ,llmo...;t l\\.o h(llJr-..
fwf 11r.· the.\ �tnrt1·d:' t)r a ..
,trt1ncHJ!.;,
Jiving 1,1 the 1111,11n and hack
11
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nm<lnneO -.pacecral't .. ;f:>rHitng
ha( 'k photogr:1ph� from thf> .\Lir.
tlan ..:.urfare ' ) Ye,. .\\A.E.-;(l\1F'
But pquall\ av.:e...;f1me wt1lild
appear the tro11 h[e and P\ ii:-. i ,f 1111r
world ttJda\ and the r1·n/1t\· 1,f
\lH.
" tran\..Pn:.--lp·
1n rn1 1 n-..tt·r ,I\
nuclear wartare th:H thrP,ltf:'n"i 111
de..;,triiv the ci\·ilizat1on that pr1j
duce<l
°
1t'.
Human cap,-rhdic_\· _..;-eem:-,;- uni\m
ited dealing ,.,th the ph1,1<'e1I ;ind
material. Hut l•ur trouble� arirl e\. i l..;,
a.re �piritual tn nature. Ht>f1,re them
our he..;,t brain:-, :-if'em h.dpk .
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I repeat tht·re ctrt' the (•.
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11t l i fe - "Ct\ F . . :tnd ··
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i� the .;.
piritual wav 1�f nutt\1iwin�
l,1ve c1jcipe r,.11 in!!, twlpin;.-!. :--en.
ing. . .
;,haring . 1t':-; rPalh· an in\· · 1
-.,1hle
..;piritual L\W a:-- i,wxorah!e anrl ti:
relentles:,; < .b the !av. 11t' gr,n·il\
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tran�gre�:--inn i� the moti\·e ot
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es .
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er 1\ pt, 1u:--ne...;:;, en\\, c1jmJWtii ii1n.
-.,trif'P. \ ' itdence' Th i � world t:-- ...;till
tr:1\ e\in=?, the wav i!t ··1,F1 ·· tciward
it:,; de...;truq ion
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•..\n<l t rnw [..., run
ninK nut�
Ah, 1\ r l :-,,tat Pd tu 11 !'act.,;, are r•·ni'
One j:,; the (net 11f the impend1n�
CHA : "'H 1,f hqman ,1nF11hlLlt111n
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Tht
nlhPr . al_..;o une m,;.,,t dun 't �-c1nt !<1
1hink ab(1ut - is tht'" -.;.up e r
powerful un-.een ··�, r11n_u Hand
fr(lrn �omE>place" that u r/1 1
nter
-.PnP in this wnr\d' .. , .-:1.1L1irs jq..,t
before that trnal l ra:,h ;md ...;n e
hum:rnit� t'rtf!ll it:--t:lf . \ ntJw \.l.or ld
!:!O\ernmPnt \\ill r11lE' all natinn:- .
Human!-. \\ill hf> r
t1) lw
happ..,_ · . r n pt1are
un,
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, 1hunda11ce with t"'lt.·rnal .. ;d\·at i,i n
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