The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-11
CrystalIizing Man
sy DIR. FRANK CRANE

T A moving picture show the other day | A saw thrown upon the screen an H. 4 lustration of how crystals are formed. First we were shown a colorless hquid. then a bit of specialization began, to form at one side. It spread by rapid growth, in sue cession of jerking adjustments, developing like tree throwing out branches, until the whole surface was composed of sparkling crystals instead of clear liquid.
 That is a good figure of the growth or the coming state, into which all citizens of the world shall be organized
 It begins by forming small groups; thess unite, become larger and larger, as drops of rain upon the window, until finally they are all one.
 The unity of the world, the World-State, is not a dreamer's fancy. It is logical con- clusion. It is a q. e. d. from which there is no escape
 Better, it has its argument in the in- stincts of the race. Reason may go astrayi instinct persists from generation to genera tion, and lives as long as human progeny.
 One of the primal instincts of human be- ings is to form groups. The "gang" impulse is just as dominant in your school yard today as it was in the stone age. Boys love tour crowd" and girls "our set"
 There are few stronger passions among men than this. The American Indian would die for his tribe; the fierce loyalty of Scottish clans, in the days of border war, is well known the
 "Poor benighted Hindo He does the best he kin do,
 He sticks to his caste
 Unto the last;" '3sA'f
 and history and tradition are full of ex- amples of how the love of family, tribe. church, or nation can wholly swallow up the love of self. a5s,e
 So that those who make sselfishness tho key- note of economies or of history are blind to the facts. Selfish individualiEm gives way every time to the force of passionate group instinct.
 A survey of the progress of civilization reveals to us the successive crystalizations oS society into larger and larger groups.
 Politics is the story of the wider and con- stantly more complete capitalization of the people into the governing machinery. This is what is signified by democracy, which is not loosening or diminution of government but an absorption of the entire mass Of the citizens into the government.
 The various religious sects have been ramifications of the crystahE1ng process ok the religious feeling. They form ever new branches. Innumerable heresies offshoot, new prophets, arise, new movements. This does not mean the dissolution, it means the forma- ton of religious unity. If you want to know how that is done look at the forming crystal. One of the ancient prophets thus spoke:
 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make new covenant, not like the old and this is the covenant will make after those days; will put my laws into their minds and write them in their hearts; and will be unto them God, and they shall Pbe unto me A PEOPLE.
 A People! That is the final crystalliza- tion of everything human. Perfect govern ment is the whole People organized into 6 machine of self-expression, so contrived that every man and woman finds an interest in the politics of the precinct, city, state and nation. The perfect Church is the whole Peo- pie organized upon basis where every hu- man being can find welcome and opportunity for inspiration and service. The perfect School is the whole People organized to give every one of their children support and train- ing during adolescence. Perfect Business Is where the whole People are organized to give every man place to work, and the earn ings from labor are justly distributed so that the profits of the individual service go to the individual and the profits of the organization go to the whole People for their communal needs.