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SCIENCE
nces are no longer a barrier to international understanding and co-operation. Science has made it possible for the people of the world to become acquainted with each other very easily and to live harmoniously together. Whether the vast power and energy science offers us will be used for that purpose or for its opposite depends upon man himself. Science is neutral in itself. It can be used for good or evil ends. Whether or not it will be used for good ends will be determined by the degree to which the spirit of Ahiṁsā permeates the hearts and minds of the people of the world and their leaders. Science has expanded the potential range of violence to an almost unimaginable degree. At the same time we occasionally glimpse the great benefits to civilization which it might bring. Man must choose which of the two ends science will serve. This is the crisis, born of science, with which we are faced to-day.
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