Against political tyranny and injustice Revolution is a weapon.

But what counsels of hope can Revolution offer to sufferers from economic privation, which does not arise out of the injustices of distribution but is general?
The only safeguard against Revolution in Central Europe is indeed the fact that, even to the minds of men who are desperate, Revolution offers no prospect of improvement whatever.

There may, therefore, be ahead of us a long, silent process of semi-starvation, and of a gradual, steady lowering of the standards of life and comfort.

The bankruptcy and decay of Europe, if we allow it to proceed, will affect every one in the long-run, but perhaps not in a way that is striking or immediate.
This has one fortunate side.

We may still have time to reconsider our courses and to view the world with new eyes.