First, as to putting the clock
back. Would you think I was joking if I said that you can put a clock back, and
that if the clock is wrong it is often a very sensible thing to do? But I would
rather get away from that whole idea of clocks. We all want progress. But
progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you
have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If
you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about turn and walking back
to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most
progressive man. We have all seen this when doing arithmetic.
When I have started a sum the wrong
way, the sooner I admit this and go back and start over again, the faster I
shall get on. There is nothing progressive about being pigheaded and refusing
to admit a mistake. And I think if you look at the present state of the world,
it is pretty plain that humanity has been making some big mistake. We are on
the wrong road. And if that is so, we must go back. Going back is the quickest
way on.
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