Hunger

 

History is the record

Of man's age long struggle

To find food.

 

Primitive man

Only thought

When he was hungry. 

Saving food

Was his first occurrence

Of self-denial

And self-discipline.

 

With the growth of society,

Food hunger ceased to be

The only incentive

For mutual association.

 

Numerous other sorts of hunger,

The realization of various needs,

All led to the closer association

Of mankind.

 

Today, society is top-heavy

With an overgrowth

Of invented human needs.

Western civilization

Is weighted down

With excessive

Human desires and longings

For material things.

 

Consequently,

Modern society

Is enduring the strain

Of one of its most dangerous phases

Of a highly complicated

Materialistic interdependence.

 

Language – the Emancipator

 

Historically,

The spread of civilization

Has been dependent upon language.

Live and growing languages

Insure the expansion

Of civilized thinking and planning.

 

During the early ages of Earth’s history

Important advances were made in language.

Today, there is great need

For further linguistic development

To facilitate the expression

Of evolving thought.

Dictionary

 

The early success

Of the Chinese

In building a real, united

And homogeneous nation

Very early in the racial history

Of Earth

Is due largely to the fact

That they spoke a common language.

 

Religion too

Must actively keep pace

With all social and scientific

Advances in civilization.

 

The spirit of religion is eternal,

But the form of its expression

Must be restated every time

The dictionary of human language

Is revised.

Intellectual Tools

 

Language is man's greatest

And most serviceable

Thinking tool.

 

Language never flourishes, however,

Until social groups acquire some leisure.

The tendency to play with language

Develops new words

And the association of ideas.

 

While very little progress

Has been made on Earth

Toward developing

An international language,

Much has been accomplished

By the establishment

Of international commercial exchange.

 

All international relations

Should be fostered,

Whether they involve language,

Trade, art, science,

Competitive sport, or religion.

A Universal Language

 

Language differences

Are the great barrier

To the extension of peace.

 

The conquest of dialects

Precedes the spread

Of a culture throughout a race,

Over a continent,

And to the whole world.

 

A universal language

Promotes peace,

Insures culture,

And augments happiness.

 

Even when the tongues of a world

Are reduced to a few,

The mastery of these

By the leading cultured people

Greatly influences the achievement

Of world peace and prosperity.