In the modern world we are primarily confronted with the extraordinary spectacle of people turning to new ideals because the have not tried the old. Men have not got tired of Christianity; they have never found enough Christianity to get tired of. Men have not wearied of political justice; they have wearied of waiting for it.

The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.

The Christian religion has specially uttered the ultimate sanity of Man, says Scripture, who shall judge the incarnate and human truth. Our lives and laws are not judged by divine superiority, but simply by human perfection. It is man, says Aristotle, who is the measure. It is the Son of Man, says Scripture, who shall judge the quick and the dead.

The egg only exists to produce the chicken. But the chicken does not exist only in order to produce another egg. He may also exist to amuse himself, to praise God, and even to suggest ideas to a French dramatist . Being a conscious life, he is, or may be, valuable in himself.

You politicians are none the worse for a few inconvenient ideals.