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Imagination!, v. 1, issue 9, whole 9, June 1938
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IMAGINATION! #9 38 June 9 Mr Freyer apparently has no fait in man's ability & does not recognize any such thing as progress or change. He sums up these beliefs (or disbeliefs) by stating that all that can be done under such circumstances is to flee to a dreamworld. Since he does not recognize progress, nor the possibility of progress, his dreams must be forever futile. Tho we science-fictionists dream, we base our dreams on science-- which is man's knowledge--& on a firm conviction that changes will occur & progress continue. Since this is so, we refuse to give up hope. & when we examine our present world & recognize the cross-rds facing us today, we cannot stand by...we must do our part. Our answers vary: Communism, Socialism, Esporantism. But they have many items in common: They all demand the contination of Progress. They all believe that things CAN BE DONE. Knowing this, we are going to keep our flags flying & fite for Humanity. As for you, if you have no faith in a finer future & have no regard for an ugly present, why not carry your beliefs to the only logical conclusion? You can Escape PERMANENTLY for a dime's worth of liquid in any drugstore--! WALTER EARL Marconette: "The short-sighted Freyer apparently has small regard for the human race. As he rants on at great length about the inevitability of war, he forgets that we already have taken great strides toward the abolishment of that useless, decadent sport. There was a time on this earth of ours when every man's chief duty it was to fight. Today, how many men out of every hundred are trained to battle? ~~ Like Shroyer I am definitely against a form of government like that of Soviet Russia. However, from all reports, Russia is no longer a communistic country. Rather, it hides a bad case of Facism under the banner of the Red Flag. I am for a country ruled by scientific-socialism. So far as can be seen, so are the masses of this country. But, because capitalist newspapers have constantly preached the 'red menace', they have various names for it..." ~~~ JACK SPEER: "Don Wollheim having deigned to mention me a couple of times in his Michelist article, I guess some words on the same subject would not be amiss from me. Why do you capitalize Thinking Fans, Don? Sounds a little Babbittish[[?]]. (My idea. --Madge.) but to clear up this 'Benevelent Dictator' thing. It's obvious that Don has typically taken a canned Bolshevist[[?]] attitude toward it without stopping to think for even a second. If he had, he would surely have arrived at a different conclusion. For every one on the great world conquerors--Alexander of Macedon, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane[[?]], and Napoleon Bonaparte--at some time during their reign set up a better system than they found. The first permanently welded East and West; the second laid the foundation of the first successful World State; the third unified Asia....; the last is too well known to need comment. If there is somewhere int he world today a man who will prove himself such a person, I will welcome him;..." DEBUNKING OF "PROGRESS" --Erick Freyor To begin with I wish to assure Donald that I accept his apologys for the deplorable state of humanity, both collectively & separately. However, I don't feel he, alone, is responsible for said state. You're welcome, Donald. Donald has chosen to link progress with Michelism (emasculated[[?]] Communism). Why, i don't know, unless it is part of they psychology which is displayd by the cleric in wartime when they link the enemy with old man Debbil & themselves with Joe of Jerusalem. I shant argue the point, however--& so to Progress. That we have partially controlled Dame[[?]] Nature & that we have wrested from her reluctant grasp certain powers 7 secrets is indisputable. I need only cite
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IMAGINATION! #9 38 June 9 Mr Freyer apparently has no fait in man's ability & does not recognize any such thing as progress or change. He sums up these beliefs (or disbeliefs) by stating that all that can be done under such circumstances is to flee to a dreamworld. Since he does not recognize progress, nor the possibility of progress, his dreams must be forever futile. Tho we science-fictionists dream, we base our dreams on science-- which is man's knowledge--& on a firm conviction that changes will occur & progress continue. Since this is so, we refuse to give up hope. & when we examine our present world & recognize the cross-rds facing us today, we cannot stand by...we must do our part. Our answers vary: Communism, Socialism, Esporantism. But they have many items in common: They all demand the contination of Progress. They all believe that things CAN BE DONE. Knowing this, we are going to keep our flags flying & fite for Humanity. As for you, if you have no faith in a finer future & have no regard for an ugly present, why not carry your beliefs to the only logical conclusion? You can Escape PERMANENTLY for a dime's worth of liquid in any drugstore--! WALTER EARL Marconette: "The short-sighted Freyer apparently has small regard for the human race. As he rants on at great length about the inevitability of war, he forgets that we already have taken great strides toward the abolishment of that useless, decadent sport. There was a time on this earth of ours when every man's chief duty it was to fight. Today, how many men out of every hundred are trained to battle? ~~ Like Shroyer I am definitely against a form of government like that of Soviet Russia. However, from all reports, Russia is no longer a communistic country. Rather, it hides a bad case of Facism under the banner of the Red Flag. I am for a country ruled by scientific-socialism. So far as can be seen, so are the masses of this country. But, because capitalist newspapers have constantly preached the 'red menace', they have various names for it..." ~~~ JACK SPEER: "Don Wollheim having deigned to mention me a couple of times in his Michelist article, I guess some words on the same subject would not be amiss from me. Why do you capitalize Thinking Fans, Don? Sounds a little Babbittish[[?]]. (My idea. --Madge.) but to clear up this 'Benevelent Dictator' thing. It's obvious that Don has typically taken a canned Bolshevist[[?]] attitude toward it without stopping to think for even a second. If he had, he would surely have arrived at a different conclusion. For every one on the great world conquerors--Alexander of Macedon, Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane[[?]], and Napoleon Bonaparte--at some time during their reign set up a better system than they found. The first permanently welded East and West; the second laid the foundation of the first successful World State; the third unified Asia....; the last is too well known to need comment. If there is somewhere int he world today a man who will prove himself such a person, I will welcome him;..." DEBUNKING OF "PROGRESS" --Erick Freyor To begin with I wish to assure Donald that I accept his apologys for the deplorable state of humanity, both collectively & separately. However, I don't feel he, alone, is responsible for said state. You're welcome, Donald. Donald has chosen to link progress with Michelism (emasculated[[?]] Communism). Why, i don't know, unless it is part of they psychology which is displayd by the cleric in wartime when they link the enemy with old man Debbil & themselves with Joe of Jerusalem. I shant argue the point, however--& so to Progress. That we have partially controlled Dame[[?]] Nature & that we have wrested from her reluctant grasp certain powers 7 secrets is indisputable. I need only cite
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