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Many a man
who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern
for his friends. Note, too, that the family has outgrown its
ecclesiastical sanction; the oil of supernaturalism which once greased
the wheels has run dry; the machinery is creaking. Industrial
conditions have killed the old home. REQUIESCAT! Honour thy father and
mother. Industrialism has killed that commandment. Thou shalt not
steal. Consider this injunction, Heard, and ask yourself whether
industrialism does not split its sides with laughing at it. If we are
to galvanize that old collection of laws into some semblance of life,
every one f them must be re-written and brought up to date. They are
inappropriate for modern life; their interest is purely historical. We
want new values. We are no longer nomads. Industrialism has killed the
pastoral and the agricultural points of view. And how the modern Jews
smile at our infatuation for those queer doctrines and legends which
they themselves have long ago outgrown.


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