LETTER OF THE MASTER GENERAL 



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Roma, (8-48) 



Convento S. Sabina (Aventino) 



CASA QENERALIZIA 



OELL'ORDINE 



OEI FRATI PREDICATORI 



It was with great pleasure that we learned of this special 

 occasion to honor the Very Reverend William Humbert Kane, 

 O. P., founder of The Albertus Magnus Lyceum at River Forest, 

 Illinois. We were particularly pleased to hear that this homage 

 on the part of brethren and Sisters of our Order as well as 

 religious of various other Orders and a host of eminent laymen 

 transcended nationalities and provincial boundaries. It is only 

 by cooperative effort among learned men that the sublime ideal 

 of St. Albert the Great can be realized in a troubled world. 



No one can view recent developments in atomic physics 

 without grave concern not only for the future of humanity, 

 but also for the very scientists who have merited the respect 

 of their peers and the admiration of the masses and withal have 

 come to feel a certain uneasiness of their own consciences. 



Scientists have become accustomed to the adulation of the 

 general public. This adulation, growing with every new dis- 

 covery, led them to spurn the traditional channels of wisdom, 

 and to close their eyes ever more to the legitimate claims of 

 supernatural religion, moral principles, perennial philosophy, 

 and other elements of culture which contribute to a truly 

 human life. In the nineteenth century certain specialists in a 

 particular branch of physics, chemistry, biology or psychology 



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