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eternal search is itself an ideal worthy of our greatest efforts, which
may advance a little the mental horizon of mankind, We can point out the
fallacy underlying the assumptions of modern totalitarianism: that, since
man cannot attain to absolute truth, he is justified in taking some par=
ticular point of view and reasoning that whatever subserves that point of
view is therefore the truth. No more pernicious error was ever set forth
to perplex the human spirit. For this encourages men to do what they are
too prone to do anyway, to rationalize their prejudices or their selfish
desires. They can always say that their course is the true one from the
point of view of personal vantage, or national interest, or welfare of
their social group. Truth is the very reverse of this, seeking to divest
itself of personal prejudices, antagonisms and selfish interests before
forming a judgment. While mankind may not attain to absolute truth, the
only valid ideal is to approach absolute truth as closely as possible.
Only thus can ever be realized in its essential meaning the promise of

the Great Teacher: "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free,"