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SCIENCE
AND NON-VIOLENCE
The total number of men killed in acts of individual violence and in wars undoubtedly exceeds some fifty million. Thus one man in every hundred has died at the hands of his fellow-man. Four-fifths of these killings have taken place in the twentieth century. Ours is the bloodiest century of all mankind. This is a tragic commentary on our times. We live in a tormented world, rampant with violence. We have had two world wars in the twentieth century already, and yet there is no real peace. We feel worried and perplexed. What has gone wrong, and what is wrong with us? There is a great need for self analysis and understanding so that a remedy can be found and applied. Such an analysis will be a long and arduous process with no short cuts or no easy roads to success.
For the first time the world has an educated youth and that youth is in revolt. This is a tragic situation; yet, in a sense, it is quite understandable. For the first time youth on a large scale has been exposed to the many possibilities of science. As a result educated youth want to change the world instantaneously, because they believe that science and technology can bring
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