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Show 96 The individual ls expresses his hope owr in the freedom. In a memor.'. stat,ement Thomas futwre, that It is own, in victory, thot united efforts, th:. bas. of unity through our cept of individuality, worker, and farm er , our belief In the being our indJviclual, The whele statement is worth eommon' It will ideals, the individual our come our eon'· soldier, sGUor, attention,: The GoG whom we v.orship is no mere personal ixation of the State. Ow ties with Him ..e far more ancient than the compor.ively 'ree.nt Mikct1do, cult of Japan. Our Constitution is henored by mcny as being divine, because to be dlvl,ne is to be in harmony with divine pur pose; and os Q people we believe this is 50 of our form of government. And we believe it, beewse both our rei igion and the Constitution emphasize the 'NOrth and majesty of the individual. Our C••tiMio" 5p •• of penons. In setting up Q government where person$ con live good i 'ves, we ore .. is-ting a divine purpose. In Japan. the Son of Heaven in theory grants all rights and privileges. In Amerh:a we have the right to UV8, liberty, end the pu.... suit of happiness because that is inherent in man. Our ideal" are patently so superIor, sa much more civil ized, so much wider in their promise of happiness ond fulfillment for every Individual citizen that WG ate s.hocked find them seriously challenged. But we now know thot if the AxIs wins, these ideoJ, will disappear as the dominant fore. sheping .American life. And o\lt of this know ledge will eome -is coming--the unity of endeavor to .. euential to victory. for, united to defend our common ideals, our ideals will give us in increasing richness those very superiorities we need for victory. Iyour belief and faith in the individual throughout our whole history, we have made individuality bloom in the United States Q$ it blooms nowhere else in the world. This mean. that, individual for individual in ony end, 0 war effort like any other effort comes down to the individuol--the indtvluuol $Oldier, sailor, worker, and farmer. Upon their indMducd energies, shrewdness, odopt ability, inventiveness, courage, and loyalty depends the decision. As CI Notion of united individualist's, I am convinced |
