THE LIFE WE SEEK

The Life We Seek ~ 449 ~ compartments too we read: “The railways are national property. Damage to the Railways is damage to the entire nation,” This admonition is there for all to see, but that does not prevent people from running off with toilet mirrors and bulbs from compartments. Evidently the consideration of ‘national’ interests is not compelling enough to restrain people from the dogged pursuit of their own selfish interests. Those who wield power are no less offenders than the general public. On the one hand it is announced that the “use of public resources for private profit is a betrayal of the nation,” while, on the other hand, we hear of massive national projects having to be abandoned because the funds meant to finance it are being siphoned off by those in positions of responsibility. Intensive efforts have been made to improve the morals of society, but the majority of these have been an abysmal failure, and national life has remained bereft of the ethical standards that are a prerequisite for true progress. All this testifies to the drastic effect that the denial of God had on human civilization. Placing this