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When we consider the disorganized state of the world community, and the legacy of predispositions adversely directed against all who are identified as Jews, it is obvious that the struggle for the minds and muscles of men needs to be prosecuted with increasing vigor and skill.

During moments of intense crisis the responsibility of political leaders is overwhelming.

But their freedom of policy is limited by the pattern of predisposition with which they and the people around them enter the crisis.

At such critical moments predispositions favorable to human dignity most obviously `` pay off ''.

By the same test predispositions destructive of human personality exercise their most sinister impact, with the result that men of good will are often trapped and nullified.