Love is a great force in private life, it is indeed the greatest of all things; but love in public affairs does not work. It has been tried again and again by the civilization of the Middle Ages and also by the French Revolution, a secular movement which reasserted the Brotherhood of man. And it has always failed. The idea that nations should love one another, or that business concerns or marketing boards should love one another, or that a man in Portugal should love a man in Peru of whom he has never heard it is absurd, Unreal, dangerous. It leads us into perilous and vague sentimentalism. Love is what is needed', we chant, and then sit back and the world goes on as before. The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in rebuilding of civilization, something much less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance. Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. This is the quality which will be most needed after the war. This is the only force which will enable different races and classes and interests to settle down together to the work of reconstruction.

Title: Tolerance is a great virtue of life

Precis: Love is a driving force in private life. It is really the greatest of all things. But in public affairs, love does not work, though it has been tried again and again. Sometimes, the idea of love among nations creates danger and vague sentimentalism. So, in public affairs, a much less dramatic and emotional virtue like tolerance is needed. This is the only force which enables different races and classes to live in peace despite some destructive forces around them.