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71:1.2 The early states were small and were all the result of [[conquest]]. They did not [[originate]] in [[voluntary]] [[associations]]. Many were founded by [[conquering]] [[nomads]], who would swoop down on [[peaceful]] herders or settled [[agriculturists]] to overpower and [[enslave]] them. Such states, resulting from [[conquest]], were, perforce, stratified; classes were [[inevitable]], and [[class]] [[struggles]] have ever been selective.
 
71:1.2 The early states were small and were all the result of [[conquest]]. They did not [[originate]] in [[voluntary]] [[associations]]. Many were founded by [[conquering]] [[nomads]], who would swoop down on [[peaceful]] herders or settled [[agriculturists]] to overpower and [[enslave]] them. Such states, resulting from [[conquest]], were, perforce, stratified; classes were [[inevitable]], and [[class]] [[struggles]] have ever been selective.
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71:1.3 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States northern tribes] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:7._DISPERSION_OF_THE_COLORED_RACES American red men] never [[attained]] real statehood. They never [[progressed]] beyond a loose [[confederation]] of [[tribes]], a very [[primitive]] [[form]] of [[state]]. Their nearest approach was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois Iroquois federation], but this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois#Grand_Council group of six nations] never quite [[functioned]] as a state and failed to [[survive]] because of the [[absence]] of certain [[essentials]] to [[modern]] national life, such as:
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71:1.3 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States northern tribes] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:7._DISPERSION_OF_THE_COLORED_RACES American red men] never [[attained]] real statehood. They never [[progressed]] beyond a loose [[confederation]] of [[tribes]], a very [[primitive]] [[form]] of [[state]]. Their nearest approach was the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois Iroquois federation], but this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois#Grand_Council group of six nations] never quite [[functioned]] as a state and failed to [[survive]] because of the [[absence]] of certain [[essentials]] to [[modern]] national life, such as:
    
*1. 71:1.4 Acquirement and inheritance of [[private]] [[property]].
 
*1. 71:1.4 Acquirement and inheritance of [[private]] [[property]].
 
*2. 71:1.5 [[Cities]] plus [[agriculture]] and [[industry]].
 
*2. 71:1.5 [[Cities]] plus [[agriculture]] and [[industry]].
 
*3. 71:1.6 Helpful domestic [[animals]].
 
*3. 71:1.6 Helpful domestic [[animals]].
*4. 71:1.7 [[Practical]] [[family]] [[organization]]. These red men clung to the [[[Matriarchy|mother-family]] and nephew inheritance.
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*4. 71:1.7 [[Practical]] [[family]] [[organization]]. These red men clung to the [[Matriarchy|mother-family]] and nephew inheritance.
 
*5. 71:1.8 Definite territory.
 
*5. 71:1.8 Definite territory.
 
*6. 71:1.9 A strong [[executive]] head.
 
*6. 71:1.9 A strong [[executive]] head.
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*8. 71:1.11 Decisive [[conquests]].
 
*8. 71:1.11 Decisive [[conquests]].
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71:1.12 The red men were too [[democratic]]; they had a [[good]] [[government]], but it failed. [[Eventually]] they would have evolved a [[state]] had they not prematurely encountered the more advanced [[civilization]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:9._THE_THREE_WHITE_RACES white man], who was pursuing the governmental methods of the Greeks and the Romans.
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71:1.12 The red men were too [[democratic]]; they had a [[good]] [[government]], but it failed. [[Eventually]] they would have evolved a [[state]] had they not prematurely encountered the more advanced [[civilization]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_80#80:9._THE_THREE_WHITE_RACES white man], who was pursuing the governmental methods of the Greeks and the Romans.
    
71:1.13 The successful [[Roman]] [[state]] was based on:
 
71:1.13 The successful [[Roman]] [[state]] was based on:
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71:1.15 The embryonic [[state]] was made possible by the decline of the [[Genetic|blood bond]] in favor of the [[Property|territorial]], and such [[tribal]] federations were usually firmly cemented by [[conquest]]. While a [[sovereignty]] that [[transcends]] all minor [[struggles]] and [[group]] [[differences]] is the characteristic of the true [[state]], still, many [[classes]] and [[castes]] persist in the later [[state]] [[organizations]] as remnants of the [[clans]] and [[tribes]] of former days. The later and larger territorial states had a long and bitter [[struggle]] with these smaller consanguineous [[clan]] [[groups]], the tribal [[government]] proving a valuable [[transition]] from [[family]] to [[state]] [[authority]]. During later times many clans grew out of trades and other [[industrial]] [[associations]].
 
71:1.15 The embryonic [[state]] was made possible by the decline of the [[Genetic|blood bond]] in favor of the [[Property|territorial]], and such [[tribal]] federations were usually firmly cemented by [[conquest]]. While a [[sovereignty]] that [[transcends]] all minor [[struggles]] and [[group]] [[differences]] is the characteristic of the true [[state]], still, many [[classes]] and [[castes]] persist in the later [[state]] [[organizations]] as remnants of the [[clans]] and [[tribes]] of former days. The later and larger territorial states had a long and bitter [[struggle]] with these smaller consanguineous [[clan]] [[groups]], the tribal [[government]] proving a valuable [[transition]] from [[family]] to [[state]] [[authority]]. During later times many clans grew out of trades and other [[industrial]] [[associations]].
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71:1.16 [[Failure]] of [[state]] [[integration]] results in retrogression to prestate conditions of [[governmental]] [[techniques]], such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism feudalism] of the European [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. During these dark ages the territorial state collapsed, and there was a reversion to the small castle [[groups]], the reappearance of the [[clan]] and [[tribal]] [[stages]] of [[development]]. Similar semistates even now exist in Asia and Africa, but not all of them are [[evolutionary]] reversions; many are the embryonic [[nucleus]]es of [[states]] of the [[future]].
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71:1.16 [[Failure]] of [[state]] [[integration]] results in retrogression to prestate conditions of [[governmental]] [[techniques]], such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism feudalism] of the European [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages Middle Ages]. During these dark ages the territorial state collapsed, and there was a reversion to the small castle [[groups]], the reappearance of the [[clan]] and [[tribal]] [[stages]] of [[development]]. Similar semistates even now exist in Asia and Africa, but not all of them are [[evolutionary]] reversions; many are the embryonic [[nucleus]]es of [[states]] of the [[future]].
    
==71:2. THE EVOLUTION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT==  
 
==71:2. THE EVOLUTION OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT==  
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71:4.3 And this [[progress]] in [[the arts]] of [[civilization]] leads directly to the [[realization]] of the highest [[human]] and [[divine]] goals of [[mortal]] endeavor—the [[social]] achievement of the [[brotherhood]] of man and the [[personal]] [[status]] of [[God-consciousness]], which becomes [[revealed]] in the [[supreme]] [[desire]] of every [[individual]] to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].
 
71:4.3 And this [[progress]] in [[the arts]] of [[civilization]] leads directly to the [[realization]] of the highest [[human]] and [[divine]] goals of [[mortal]] endeavor—the [[social]] achievement of the [[brotherhood]] of man and the [[personal]] [[status]] of [[God-consciousness]], which becomes [[revealed]] in the [[supreme]] [[desire]] of every [[individual]] to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].
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71:4.4 The [[appearance]] of genuine [[brotherhood]] signifies that a [[social]] order has arrived in which all men delight in bearing one another's burdens; they [[actually]] [[desire]] to [[practice]] the [[golden rule]]. But such an [[ideal]] [[society]] cannot be realized when either the weak or the wicked lie in wait to take unfair and unholy advantage of those who are chiefly actuated by [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]. In such a situation only one [[course]] is [[practical]]: The "golden rulers" may [[establish]] a [[progressive]] [[society]] in which they live according to their [[ideals]] while maintaining an adequate [[defense]] against their benighted fellows who might seek either to [[exploit]] their [[pacific]] predilections or to destroy their advancing [[civilization]].
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71:4.4 The [[appearance]] of genuine [[brotherhood]] signifies that a [[social]] order has arrived in which all men delight in bearing one another's burdens; they [[actually]] [[desire]] to [[practice]] the [[golden rule]]. But such an [[ideal]] [[society]] cannot be realized when either the weak or the wicked lie in wait to take unfair and unholy advantage of those who are chiefly actuated by [[devotion]] to the [[service]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness]. In such a situation only one [[course]] is [[practical]]: The "golden rulers" may [[establish]] a [[progressive]] [[society]] in which they live according to their [[ideals]] while maintaining an adequate [[defense]] against their benighted fellows who might seek either to [[exploit]] their [[pacific]] predilections or to destroy their advancing [[civilization]].
    
71:4.5 [[Idealism]] can never [[survive]] on an evolving [[planet]] if the idealists in each [[generation]] permit themselves to be [[exterminated]] by the baser [[orders]] of [[humanity]]. And here is the great test of [[idealism]]: Can an advanced [[society]] maintain that [[military]] [[preparedness]] which renders it [[secure]] from all [[attack]] by its war-loving neighbors without yielding to the [[temptation]] to employ this [[military]] [[strength]] in offensive operations against other peoples for [[purposes]] of selfish gain or [[national]] [[aggrandizement]]? National [[survival]] demands [[preparedness]], and [[religious]] [[idealism]] alone can prevent the [[prostitution]] of preparedness into [[aggression]]. Only [[love]], [[brotherhood]], can prevent the strong from [[oppressing]] the weak.
 
71:4.5 [[Idealism]] can never [[survive]] on an evolving [[planet]] if the idealists in each [[generation]] permit themselves to be [[exterminated]] by the baser [[orders]] of [[humanity]]. And here is the great test of [[idealism]]: Can an advanced [[society]] maintain that [[military]] [[preparedness]] which renders it [[secure]] from all [[attack]] by its war-loving neighbors without yielding to the [[temptation]] to employ this [[military]] [[strength]] in offensive operations against other peoples for [[purposes]] of selfish gain or [[national]] [[aggrandizement]]? National [[survival]] demands [[preparedness]], and [[religious]] [[idealism]] alone can prevent the [[prostitution]] of preparedness into [[aggression]]. Only [[love]], [[brotherhood]], can prevent the strong from [[oppressing]] the weak.
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==71:5. THE EVOLUTION OF COMPETITION==
 
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71:5.1 [[Competition]] is [[essential]] to [[social]] [[progress]], but competition, unregulated, breeds [[violence]]. In current [[society]], [[competition]] is slowly displacing [[war]] in that it determines the [[individual]]'s place in [[industry]], as well as decreeing the [[survival]] of the industries themselves. ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder Murder] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War war] differ in their [[status]] before the [[mores]], murder having been outlawed since the early days of [[society]], while war has never yet been outlawed by [[mankind]] as a whole.)
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71:5.1 [[Competition]] is [[essential]] to [[social]] [[progress]], but competition, unregulated, breeds [[violence]]. In current [[society]], [[competition]] is slowly displacing [[war]] in that it determines the [[individual]]'s place in [[industry]], as well as decreeing the [[survival]] of the industries themselves. ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder Murder] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War war] differ in their [[status]] before the [[mores]], murder having been outlawed since the early days of [[society]], while war has never yet been outlawed by [[mankind]] as a whole.)
    
71:5.2 The [[ideal]] [[state]] undertakes to [[regulate]] [[social]] [[conduct]] only enough to take [[violence]] out of [[individual]] [[competition]] and to prevent unfairness in [[personal]] [[initiative]]. Here is a great [[problem]] in statehood: How can you guarantee [[peace]] and [[quiet]] in [[industry]], pay the [[taxes]] to support [[state]] [[power]], and at the same time prevent [[taxation]] from [[handicapping]] [[industry]] and keep the state from becoming [[parasitical]] or [[tyrannical]]?
 
71:5.2 The [[ideal]] [[state]] undertakes to [[regulate]] [[social]] [[conduct]] only enough to take [[violence]] out of [[individual]] [[competition]] and to prevent unfairness in [[personal]] [[initiative]]. Here is a great [[problem]] in statehood: How can you guarantee [[peace]] and [[quiet]] in [[industry]], pay the [[taxes]] to support [[state]] [[power]], and at the same time prevent [[taxation]] from [[handicapping]] [[industry]] and keep the state from becoming [[parasitical]] or [[tyrannical]]?
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==71:6. THE PROFIT MOTIVE==
 
==71:6. THE PROFIT MOTIVE==
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71:6.1 Present-day profit-motivated economics is doomed unless profit motives can be augmented by service motives. Ruthless competition based on narrow-minded self-interest is ultimately destructive of even those things which it seeks to maintain. Exclusive and self-serving profit motivation is incompatible with Christian ideals—much more incompatible with the teachings of Jesus.
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71:6.1 Present-day [[profit]]-[[motivated]] [[economics]] is [[doomed]] unless profit motives can be augmented by [[service]] [[motives]]. Ruthless [[competition]] based on narrow-minded [[self]]-interest is ultimately destructive of even those things which it seeks to [[maintain]]. Exclusive and self-serving [[profit]] [[motivation]] is incompatible with [[Christian]] [[ideals]]—much more incompatible with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus teachings of Jesus].
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71:6.2 In economics, profit motivation is to service motivation what fear is to love in religion. But the profit motive must not be suddenly destroyed or removed; it keeps many otherwise slothful mortals hard at work. It is not necessary, however, that this social energy arouser be forever selfish in its objectives.
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71:6.2 In [[economics]], [[profit]] [[motivation]] is to [[service]] motivation what [[fear]] is to [[love]] in [[religion]]. But the profit motive must not be suddenly destroyed or removed; it keeps many otherwise slothful [[mortals]] hard at [[work]]. It is not [[necessary]], however, that this [[social]] [[energy]] arouser be forever selfish in its objectives.
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71:6.3 The profit motive of economic activities is altogether base and wholly unworthy of an advanced order of society; nevertheless, it is an indispensable factor throughout the earlier phases of civilization. Profit motivation must not be taken away from men until they have firmly possessed themselves of superior types of nonprofit motives for economic striving and social serving—the transcendent urges of superlative wisdom, intriguing brotherhood, and excellency of spiritual attainment.
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71:6.3 The [[profit]] [[motive]] of [[economic]] [[activities]] is altogether base and wholly unworthy of an advanced [[order]] of [[society]]; nevertheless, it is an indispensable [[factor]] throughout the earlier [[phases]] of [[civilization]]. [[Profit]] [[motivation]] must not be taken away from men until they have firmly possessed themselves of superior types of nonprofit motives for [[economic]] striving and [[social]] [[serving]]—the [[transcendent]] urges of superlative [[wisdom]], intriguing [[brotherhood]], and excellency of [[spiritual]] [[attainment]].
    
==71:7. EDUCATION==
 
==71:7. EDUCATION==
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71:7.1 The enduring state is founded on culture, dominated by ideals, and motivated by service. The purpose of education should be acquirement of skill, pursuit of wisdom, realization of selfhood, and attainment of spiritual values.
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71:7.1 The [[enduring]] [[state]] is founded on [[culture]], [[dominated]] by [[ideals]], and [[motivated]] by [[service]]. The [[purpose]] of [[education]] should be acquirement of [[skill]], pursuit of [[wisdom]], realization of [[selfhood]], and [[attainment]] of [[spiritual]] [[values]].
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71:7.2 In the ideal state, education continues throughout life, and philosophy sometime becomes the chief pursuit of its citizens. The citizens of such a commonwealth pursue wisdom as an enhancement of insight into the significance of human relations, the meanings of reality, the nobility of values, the goals of living, and the glories of cosmic destiny.
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71:7.2 In the [[ideal]] [[state]], [[education]] continues throughout life, and [[philosophy]] sometime becomes the chief pursuit of its [[citizens]]. The citizens of such a [[commonwealth]] pursue [[wisdom]] as an enhancement of [[insight]] into the significance of [[human]] [[relations]], the [[meanings]] of [[reality]], the [[nobility]] of [[values]], the goals of living, and the [[glories]] of [[cosmic]] [[destiny]].
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71:7.3 Urantians should get a vision of a new and higher cultural society. Education will jump to new levels of value with the passing of the purely profit-motivated system of economics. Education has too long been localistic, militaristic, ego exalting, and success seeking; it must eventually become world-wide, idealistic, self-realizing, and cosmic grasping.
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71:7.3 Urantians should get a [[vision]] of a new and higher [[cultural]] [[society]]. [[Education]] will jump to new [[levels]] of [[value]] with the passing of the [[purely]] [[profit]]-motivated [[system]] of [[economics]]. [[Education]] has too long been localistic, militaristic, [[ego]] exalting, and success seeking; it must [[eventually]] become world-wide, [[idealistic]], [[self-realizing]], and [[cosmic]] grasping.
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71:7.4 Education recently passed from the control of the clergy to that of lawyers and businessmen. Eventually it must be given over to the philosophers and the scientists. Teachers must be free beings, real leaders, to the end that philosophy, the search for wisdom, may become the chief educational pursuit.
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71:7.4 [[Education]] recently passed from the [[control]] of the clergy to that of lawyers and businessmen. [[Eventually]] it must be given over to the [[philosophers]] and the [[scientists]]. [[Teachers]] must be [[free]] [[beings]], real [[leaders]], to the end that [[philosophy]], the search for [[wisdom]], may become the chief educational pursuit.
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71:7.5 Education is the business of living; it must continue throughout a lifetime so that mankind may gradually experience the ascending levels of mortal wisdom, which are:
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71:7.5 [[Education]] is the [[business]] of living; it must continue throughout a lifetime so that [[mankind]] may [[gradually]] [[experience]] the [[ascending]] levels of [[mortal]] [[wisdom]], which are:
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*1. The knowledge of things.
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*1. The [[knowledge]] of [[things]].
*2. The realization of meanings.
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*2. The [[realization]] of [[meanings]].
*3. The appreciation of values.
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*3. The [[appreciation]] of [[values]].
*4. The nobility of work—duty.
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*4. The [[nobility]] of [[work]]—[[duty]].
*5. The motivation of goals—morality.
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*5. The [[motivation]] of goals—[[morality]].
*6. The love of service—character.
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*6. The [[love]] of [[service]]—[[character]].
*7. Cosmic insight—spiritual discernment.
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*7. [[Cosmic]] [[insight]]—[[spiritual]] [[discernment]].
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71:7.6 And then, by means of these achievements, many will ascend to the mortal ultimate of mind attainment, God-consciousness.
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71:7.6 And then, by means of these achievements, many will [[ascend]] to the [[mortal]] [[ultimate]] of [[mind]] [[attainment]], [[God-consciousness]].
    
==71:8. THE CHARACTER OF STATEHOOD==
 
==71:8. THE CHARACTER OF STATEHOOD==
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71:8.1 The only sacred feature of any human government is the division of statehood into the three domains of executive, legislative, and judicial functions. The universe is administered in accordance with such a plan of segregation of functions and authority. Aside from this divine concept of effective social regulation or civil government, it matters little what form of state a people may elect to have provided the citizenry is ever progressing toward the goal of augmented self-control and increased social service. The intellectual keenness, economic wisdom, social cleverness, and moral stamina of a people are all faithfully reflected in statehood.
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71:8.1 The only [[sacred]] feature of any [[human]] [[government]] is the division of statehood into the [[three]] domains of [[executive]], [[legislative]], and [[judicial]] [[functions]]. The [[universe]] is [[administered]] in [[accordance]] with such a plan of [[segregation]] of [[functions]] and [[authority]]. Aside from this [[divine]] [[concept]] of [[effective]] [[social]] [[regulation]] or civil [[government]], it matters little what [[form]] of [[state]] a people may [[elect]] to have provided the [[citizenry]] is ever progressing toward the goal of augmented [[self-control]] and increased [[social]] [[service]]. The [[intellectual]] keenness, [[economic]] [[wisdom]], social cleverness, and [[moral]] [[stamina]] of a people are all [[faithfully]] reflected in statehood.
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71:8.2 The evolution of statehood entails progress from level to level, as follows:
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71:8.2 The [[evolution]] of statehood entails [[progress]] from level to level, as follows:
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*1. 71:8.3 The creation of a threefold government of executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
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*1. 71:8.3 The [[creation]] of a threefold [[government]] of [[executive]], [[legislative]], and [[judicial]] branches.
*2. 71:8.4 The freedom of social, political, and religious activities.
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*2. 71:8.4 The [[freedom]] of [[social]], [[political]], and [[religious]] [[activities]].
*3. 71:8.5 The abolition of all forms of slavery and human bondage.
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*3. 71:8.5 The [[abolition]] of all forms of [[slavery]] and human bondage.
*4. 71:8.6 The ability of the citizenry to control the levying of taxes.
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*4. 71:8.6 The [[ability]] of the [[citizenry]] to [[control]] the levying of [[taxes]].
*5. 71:8.7 The establishment of universal education—learning extended from the cradle to the grave.
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*5. 71:8.7 The [[establishment]] of [[universal]] [[education]]—learning extended from the [[cradle]] to the [[grave]].
*6. 71:8.8 The proper adjustment between local and national governments.
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*6. 71:8.8 The proper [[adjustment]] between local and national governments.
*7. 71:8.9 The fostering of science and the conquest of disease.
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*7. 71:8.9 The fostering of [[science]] and the [[conquest]] of [[disease]].
*8. 71:8.10 The due recognition of sex equality and the co-ordinated functioning of men and women in the home, school, and church, with specialized service of women in industry and government.
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*8. 71:8.10 The due [[recognition]] of [[sex]] [[equality]] and the [[co-ordinated]] functioning of [[men]] and [[women]] in the [[home]], school, and church, with specialized [[service]] of [[women]] in [[industry]] and [[government]].
*9. 71:8.11 The elimination of toiling slavery by machine invention and the subsequent mastery of the machine age.
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*9. 71:8.11 The elimination of toiling [[slavery]] by [[machine]] [[invention]] and the subsequent mastery of the machine age.
*10. 71:8.12 The conquest of dialects—the triumph of a universal language.
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*10. 71:8.12 The [[conquest]] of [[dialects]]—the triumph of a [[universal]] [[language]].
*11. 71:8.13 The ending of war—international adjudication of national and racial differences by continental courts of nations presided over by a supreme planetary tribunal automatically recruited from the periodically retiring heads of the continental courts. The continental courts are authoritative; the world court is advisory—moral.
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*11. 71:8.13 The ending of [[war]]—international [[adjudication]] of national and racial [[differences]] by continental [[courts]] of nations presided over by a supreme [[planetary]] [[tribunal]] automatically recruited from the periodically retiring heads of the continental [[courts]]. The continental courts are [[authoritative]]; the world court is [[advisory]]—[[moral]].
*12. 71:8.14 The world-wide vogue of the pursuit of wisdom—the exaltation of philosophy. The evolution of a world religion, which will presage the entrance of the planet upon the earlier phases of settlement in light and life.
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*12. 71:8.14 The world-wide [[vogue]] of the pursuit of [[wisdom]]—the exaltation of [[philosophy]]. The [[evolution]] of a world [[religion]], which will presage the entrance of the [[planet]] upon the earlier phases of settlement in [[light and life]].
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71:8.15 These are the prerequisites of progressive government and the earmarks of ideal statehood. Urantia is far from the realization of these exalted ideals, but the civilized races have made a beginning—mankind is on the march toward higher evolutionary destinies.
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71:8.15 These are the prerequisites of [[progressive]] [[government]] and the earmarks of [[ideal]] statehood. [[Urantia]] is far from the [[realization]] of these exalted [[ideals]], but the civilized [[races]] have made a beginning—mankind is on the march toward higher [[evolutionary]] [[destinies]].
    
71:8.16 Sponsored by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].
 
71:8.16 Sponsored by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].
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[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]
 
[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]