The World As I See It
“Political liberty implies liberty to express one’s political views orally and in writing, toleration, respect for any and every individual opinion.
These conditions do not obtain in Germany at the present time. Those who have done most for the cause of international understanding, among them some of the leading artists, are being persecuted there.
Any social organism can become psychically distempered just as any individual can, especially in times of difficulty. Nations usually survive these d...istempers. I hope that healthy conditions will soon supervene in Germany, and that in future her great men like Kant and Goethe will not merely be commemorated from time to time, but that the principles which they inculcated will also prevail in public life and in the general consciousness.
March, 1933. Correspondence with the Prussian Academy of Sciences The following correspondence is here published for the first time in its authentic and completeform. The version published in German newspapers was for the most part incorrect, importantsentences being omitted.MoreLess
These conditions do not obtain in Germany at the present time. Those who have done most for the cause of international understanding, among them some of the leading artists, are being persecuted there.
Any social organism can become psychically distempered just as any individual can, especially in times of difficulty. Nations usually survive these d...istempers. I hope that healthy conditions will soon supervene in Germany, and that in future her great men like Kant and Goethe will not merely be commemorated from time to time, but that the principles which they inculcated will also prevail in public life and in the general consciousness.
March, 1933. Correspondence with the Prussian Academy of Sciences The following correspondence is here published for the first time in its authentic and completeform. The version published in German newspapers was for the most part incorrect, importantsentences being omitted.MoreLess
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