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of the past, but has not yet adopted, nor even found those of the approaching century.

Today, all problems have to be considered on a planetary scale. No human action,
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undertaken on any point of the globe, can escape a worldwide repercussion . That
which, even recently, was considered as a serious attitude in the political or social

domains, may seem dangerously light now. It has become criminal, the word is not too

strong, to allow relationships between people to be governed by formulae which were
valid during the Cycle of the Father or even of the Son. If one obstinately follows this

path, one can only lead humanity towards the third fall, with its redoubtable

consequences.

The responsibility of the constituted authorities is, therefore, enormous since their
attitude will be a decisive factor, just as it was in Jesus' time. When the day of the Lord

will arrive, as a thief in the night, the intermediary period in which we live will come to

an end, and we will have to choose. For the moment, one can only say that the actual

great controversies, whether on the political, social or economical plane, are gradually
losing their significance. They are, already, the quarrels of an old regime – right wing or

left-wing ideas, and capitalism or communism are already outmoded. They will soon be

included in history books.

One cannot foretell what decision the men in power will take when the fateful hour
arrives. This decision however, can ensure the salvation of humanity only if those who

are responsible are conscious, at that time, of the cosmic role that the

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Ref. Paul Valery, Glimpses of the contemporary world.