Doesn t this Need to Be a Grass-Roots Change (i.e., Think Globally but Act Locally)?
Yes, but we must give support to the movement which already exists–as we are seeking to do in this campaign. Not all solutions to problems can be at the grass-roots level (though efforts surely must begin there or be confirmed there), as the acceptance of the need for national, regional, and international institutions demonstrates. As in all ideas for the betterment of the human race, support for an international language must not only be as grass roots as possible but with a vision and to a level as deep, committed, and spiritual (as well as legalistic) as possible. This includes the recognition that this vision is tied not only to fostering the more efficient economic, political, and technical integration of the planet, but also and as a result for allowing the spiritual integration of the human family into a community of common concern and affection (which is not to say that a common language is sufficient for peace, as many negative examples of those sharing a language will show–
