The New Review November 1940

The problem which faced the political thinkers of the eighteenth century was how to reconcile the freedom of the individual with the authority of the State. [...] -Here we go round the prickly pear Prickly pear prickly pear Here we go round the prickly pear At five o'clock in the morning Between the idea And the reality368 THE NEW REVIEW Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom. [...] Shadow Life is very long Between the desire And the spasm Between the potency And the existence Between the essence And the descent Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom For Thine is Life is For Thine is the This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. [...] Unlike the British and the Indian systems the latter on the original side of the High Courts of Calcutta and Bombay where the lawyers are divided into the two classes of attorneys and counsels the system prevailing in Russia is unitary. [...] In the Supreme Court the important appointments of the President VicPresidents and heads of departments are made directly by the Central Executive Committee while the other judges are also appointed by the same body but on the nomination of the Ministry of Justice.