CONCLUSION
Within the limitations expressed in the Introduction, and despite the many variables andj imponderables, we believe that the estimates expressed above are reliable. In certain respects we beliqve the estimates could be improved by additional basic and applied research to advance our knowledge
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of the social sciences.
Finally, in the course of our attempts to summarize the purpose of a program ofcitizen in volvement,
one of our members, T. V. Smith, expressed it in a manner endorsed by the Panel:
“We propose, in short, no less than a concerted national effort at patriotic renewal a d spiritual
advance. The extremity of human disaster might become the opportunity for resolut survivors.
It is a brave thing, admittedly, to brace ourselves against the threat of annihilation. It another,
and better, thing to nerve ourselves to make the very best of the very worst. At this historic crossroads we would begin with knowledge and we would end with wisdom.
“Thus to take counsel with one another, to the very town-meeting grass roots, would pe to draw
inspiration from our forefathers and to point our children to the sources which make all American
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generations one and which raise hope for a new dynamics of the humanrace.
but where visions flourish nations endure.”’
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