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to understand other things right. You must have some right point ofview about such things.MISS v. In what way is Hitler different from the bolsheviks?MR. O. There is no difference at all. Bolshevism and fascism are twosides of the same medal. Bolshevism produces fascism.MISS v. Do you believe that eventually they will destroy themselves?MR. O. We will see.MR. M. I do not find there is anything in my sex experiences which Icannot explain by blind instinct and blind emotion. I cannot find a sexcentre in myself.MR. O. That is why our study is limited to four centres. When weknow about them, then we will see what does not enter into these.MR. M. There was a revolution in Ireland. The leader of that is now arespectable Prime Minister. Is he or is he not a criminal?MR. O. That is theoretical talk and will not lead to anything. I do notknow whether he is or not. There was very much that was criminal inIreland also, and that is why they do not get much out of theirrevolution, except that some people became Prime Ministers. This isthe only gain in most revolutions—people who would have been shoemakersor house-painters become Prime Ministers.MRS. S. Is it our mental and emotional parts which feed the moon?MR. O. It does not matter. It will happen anyway. And again, it is notonly we who feed the moon, but all organic life—birds, worms,everything. You somehow manage to take it personally. Actuallythere is nothing personal in it, but there is a very interesting principlebehind it. It shows the connection between the moon and organiclife.MR. F. [Question not recorded.]MR. O. In an ideal state, maybe. But where is the ideal state? How canpeople vote when they have only names to vote for? They do notknow what it means, nor what they want to do. Really in democracyor in autocracy, it is just the same, only men imagine that because theyvote it is a different kind of state.MR. A . How are we to apply the Law of Seven in our lives?MR. O. We can only do this in one way at present, and that is bylooking for intervals, nothing more.MR. A . Should we be particularly careful in our twenty-first, twenty ­eighth, thirty-fifth years and that kind of thing?