CHAPTER XII.
RELIGION I It ought to be laid down as a first principle that grave questions which have divided us in the past, and divide us still with much bitterness, should not be thrust aside and kept out of view in the hope of harmony.
Where the attitude is such, the hope is vain.

They should be approached with courage in the hope of creating mutual respect and an honourable solution for all.

Religion is such a question.

To the majority of men this touches their most intimate life.

Because of their jealous regard for that intimate part of themselves they are prepared for bitter hostilities with anyone who will assail it; and because of the unmeasured bitterness of assaults on all sides we have come to count it a virtue to bring together in societies labelled non-sectarian, men who have been violently opposed on this issue.