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Finally, in the course of our attempts to summarize the purpose of a program ofcitizen involvpment,
one of our members, T. V. Smith, expressed it in a manner endorsed by the Panel:
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“We propose, in short, no less than a concerted national effort at patriotic renewal and sq#iritual
advance. The extremity of human disaster might become the opportunity for resolute suqvivors.
It is a brave thing, admittedly, to brace ourselves against the threat of annihilation. It is apother,
and better, thing to nerve ourselves to make the very best of the very worst. At this historiq 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 be tp draw
inspiration from our forefathers and to point our children to the sources which make all Angerican
generations one and which raise hope for a new dynamics of the human race. It is a vision, indeed,
but where visions flourish nations endure.”