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WORLD WAR WORTH THE CANDLE HOLDS NOTED BOSTON CLUBMAN

J. P. Munroe Sees No Harm in Evolutionary Stage of Human Progress

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"If in 50 years the effects of the recent World War shall have brought civilization to a level it could not have reached otherwise in that time, the sufferings of millions of individuals do not matter," said Mr. James P. Munroe, President of the Twentieth Century Club, when interviewed by a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "I am not defending War for its own sake, but only insofar as it is necessary to human evolution.

"Individuals are necessarily subordinate to the common state, and it is their duty to fight if the State goes to war. The fault of the United States in that we did not enter the world war soon enough.

"War has brought about democracy. It is quite justifiable when it leads to a rapid evolutionary advance of humanity. Such an upheaval in Russia today might bring wonderful results."

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