To my mind, such a mission was never so important as it is now, for we live in an era that has witnessed the unmitigated, astonishing, awe inspiring triumph of world finance capitalism an era which few expected and whose future none can predict. Capitalism, as we know, is good for our prosperity, for our human dignity and for that most important of our needs freedom. But, of course, we also know that someday capitalism will fail, as all human enterprises ultimately do. I don t know, but there is no longer any external danger. Rather, of course, the danger is within us, in our impoverished and probably declining values.
Capitalism is, above all, an economic idea.
It is not in itself sufficient to create values. It depends on what human and religious values we, ourselves, bring to our affairs. Insofar as those values fail, we would all descend toward a lawless, inhumane, cutthroat society that will no longer harbor our civilization. It would no longer be prosperous. Northwood s reason for being is to educate our young to be able to perpetuate our way of life for as long as God so wills.