dear,
iamspeakingnotasabriton,notasaeuropean,notasamemberofawesterndemocracy,butasahumanbeing,amemberofthespeciesman,:jewsandarabs;indiansandpakistanis;whitemenandnegroesinafrica;and,overshadowingallminorconflicts,thetitanicstrugglebetweencommunismandanticommunism.
almosteverybodywhoispoliticallyconscioushasstrongfeelingsaboutoneormoreoftheseissues;butiwantyou,ifyoucan,,equally,areinperil,and,iftheperilisunderstood,,:whatstepscanbetakentopreventamilitarycontestofwhichtheissuemustbedisastroustoallsides?
thegeneralpublic,andevenmanymeninpositionsofauthority,,whileoneatomicbombcouldobliteratehiroshima,onehydrogenbombcouldobliteratethelargestcitiessuchaslondon,newyork,,newyork,andmoscowwereexterminated,theworldmight,inthecourseofafewcenturies,,especiallysincethebikinitest,,,ifexplodednearthegroundorunderwater,,-suddenonlyforafortunateminority,butforthemajorityaslowtortureofdiseaseanddisintegration...共2页，当前第1页12
here,then,istheproblemwhichipresenttoyou,starkanddreadfulandinescapable:shallweputanendtothehumanrace1orshallmankindrenouncewar?'mankind',andnotonlytoadimlyapprehendedhumanity',theywouldnolongerbeconsideredbindingintimeofwar,andbothsideswouldsettoworktomanufacturehydrogenbombsassoonaswarbrokeout,forifonesidemanufacturedthebombsandtheotherdidnot,thesidethatmanufacturedthemwouldinevitablybevictorious...
asgeologicaltimeisreckoned,,especiallyduringthelast6,000years,issomethingutterlynewinthehistoryofthecosmos,,themoonwaxedandwaned,thestarsshoneinthenight,,,?isourracesodestituteofwisdom,soincapableofimpartiallove,soblindeventothesimplestdictatesofself-preservation,thatthelastproofofitssillyclevernessistobetheexterminationofalllifeonourplanet?-foritwillbenotonlymenwhowillperish,butalsotheanimals,whomnoonecanaccuseofcommunismoranticommunism.
,iftheywillallowthemselvestosurvive,,ifwechoose,continualprogressinhappiness,knowledge,,instead,choosedeath,becausewecannotforgetourquarrels?iappeal,asahumanbeingtohumanbeings:rememberyourhumanity,,thewayliesopentoanewparadise;ifyoucannot,nothingliesbeforeyoubutuniversaldeath.共2页，当前第2页12