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Nowada ysma ny "L ibe ral s"think them­ sel ves sma rt an d sop his tica tedas the y snick­ er at the fam ou spre amble to our cou ntr y's De cla rat ion of Indep enden ce:"We hol d the se truth s to be sel f-ev ide nt,that all me n are cre ate d. . . " But un les s thi s elo qu ent int rod uct ion to ou r own po liti cal tra dit ion is tru e, the re is no suc h thi ng as a val id hum an rig ht. Mi gh t wou ld pre vai l in a jungle of endle ss str ife . And the Com­ mu nis t phil oso phy that the ind ivi dualcou nts for no th ingwould be the log ica lcon clu sio n of the mo der n rej ect ion of the ob jec tiv e mo ral ord er. Th e con tem por arypagan "L ibe ral "ma y bit ter ly lament the des truc tion of the gen­ teel val ues to which he cling s; but unl ess he pos sess es gre ate r ph ysi cal mi gh t than the So vie tUn ion and the other Commun ist powers, he is doo me d to disma l ex tin cti on . Hi s on ly pro spe ct is to fa ce hi s undig ni­ fie d liquid ati ongracef ull y,if he ca n. Th e app rop riate epit aph for hi s tra gic and fut ile ex ist en ceha s alr eady bee n comp ose d: Lif e's bu t a walki ng shad ow ; a poo r pla ye r, Th at strut san d frets his hour up on the sta ge , And the n is he ar dno mor e:it is a tal e To ld by an id io t, full of sou nd an d fu ry, Si gn ify in g no th ing. 17 rals" - i tic ted - o s p ble y's tion endence: s l i ent, t . . " l s t uction cal itio e, t. t l il l s if . - i t philosophy i al t i g l l sion n io tive IllOl" . rary i ral" ly tion - s; les es r ical t t i ist d l ction. ct i ni- ation g ul y, . riate epitaph i il ce dy osed: ' ng o ; . r, t s e, is heard no more: it is a tale l i t, f ry, ifying t ing. 17 ys i

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Chambers and the def ens e of Alg er Hi ss mar ked the tota lita rian "Libe ral's" lowest deg rad ati on . 15 There is yet ano the r ma in div isi on of Lib era ls — eth ica l Lib era ls. Th is grou p alon e truly des erve s the title of Libera l, since it alone can fre e manki nd from the tyr ann yof man. As Coch rane has so well poi nte d out in Ch ris tia ni tyand Cla ssic al Cul tu re, the an­ cie nt pag an worl d ne ver arr ive dat a con­ cep t of tru e libe rali sm be caus e it never understood how all men wer e fund ament ally chil dren of Go d. 16 Un les sthe mod ern"Lib ­ era l" is prepare dto adm it thi s prima ryfac t of hum an exi ste nc e,he can not suc ces sfu lly arg ue again stthe ruth less chall engeof Com­ mu nis t barbar ism. It is man's dep end enc e on God as Creator that endows him wit h cer tai nrig hts inv iola bleby any oth er crea­ ture . As a crea ture of God , ma n has fund a­ men tal obl igation s that he must ful fill bef ore he ven tur es fort h to conqu er the natu ral reso urce sof the ear th or dev elopthe refi ne­ men ts of civ iliz ati on . Th ese pri or obli ga­ tion s wh ich he ha s to hi s Crea tor best ow on him cor res pon din grights with wh ich no cre ated be ing ma y int erf ere. 15 "Erudite Rad icals Cannot Forg ive an Anti- Communist" (ed ito ria l), Sat urd ayEvening Post 224 :10, March 1, 1952. See also Loui s Franc is Buden z, Th e Cry Is Pea ce, Chap . 6, "Smearin g the Ex-Communists " (Ch ica go:Regn ery, 1952). 16 Charle s Norr is Cochra ne, Ch ristianit y and Clas­ sica l Cu ltur e (New Yor k: Oxf ord Unive rsity Pres s, 19 44 ). rian r l's ation.I' r i i io ls - i l ls. is s itl l, it y . d ristianity . l lture, - i d - lis se st a entally il . 16 l s - it ry ce, sf lly st t less lle ge - i t ris . ence s i t ble - . , - i s that he must ill es er l c s l p - tion. - o ding t i g fere. 5 i i l i rial), a rday g , i , l ce, . i g " i go: , 16 i ane, i ti ity - e : s, ).

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