James Beck: “Indeed, the moral lesson of the tragedy of Germany is the demoralizing…”

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Indeed, the moral lesson of the tragedy of Germany is the demoralizing influence of organization carried to the nth power.

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Beck reflects on the lessons learned from Germany's historical tragedy regarding the dangers of excessive organization.

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It did not believe that the State was omnipotent or infallible, and yet it proclaimed its authority within wise and just limits.

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That vision will remain with them as long, and no longer, as there is in their hearts a conscious and willing acquiescence in its wisdom and justice.

It must champion the human soul in its God-given right to exercise freely the faculties of mind and body.

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James Beck: “Indeed, the moral lesson of the tragedy of Germany is the demoralizing influence of organization carried to the nth…”