The Choice of the Fathers Is Not Impermanent

Civilization has extirpated the original tendency toward aggression, bloodthirstiness and cruelty which characterized primitive man. In many civilized men, they are dormant and burst forth as soon as restraints developed by civilization give way. To man, desires other than that for bloodshed are inborn. If he wants to satisfy these other desires, he must forego his urge to kill. The social division of labor and co operation rests upon conciliatory settlement of disputes - peace is the source of all social relations.