LIKE THIS, we need to gather strength and wisdom from those who have gone before us. Yes, the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are unprecedented. But they are not the only crisis this nation, and this world, have faced over thousands of years. We hereby cede this editorial space to those who have traveled hard roads before us, and whose examples can inspire us now. We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
Older men declare war.
But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war. We have learned that we must live as men, and not as ostriches, nor as dogs in the manger. We have learned to be citizens of the world, members of the human community. In this sense, and in this sense only, I belong to the ranks of the devoutly religious men.