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1、AnIdealWorldinMyMindNeithermiscrjnorfollyseemstomeanypartoftheinevitablelolhu11um.And1amconvincedthatintelligence,patience,andeloquencecanleadIhehumanraceoutofitsself-imposedtorturesprovidediwnolder,theoptimismhasgrownmoresoberandlhchappyissuemoredistant.BulIremaincompletelyincapableofagreeingwithth
2、osewhoacceptfatalisticallyheperspectivethatmanisIxHn(otrouble.ThecausesolunhappinessinIbCpastandin(hepresentarcnotdifflcukcoascertain.Ihcrchavebeenpoverty,pestilence,andfamine,whichwereduetohumanbeinginadequatemasteryofnature.ThCrehavebeenwars,oppressionandtortureswhichduetometfsbtotheirfellowmen.An
3、d(herehavebeenmorbidmiseriesfosteredbygloomyCrCCdSwhichhaveledmenintoprofoundinnerdiscordsthatnudealloutwardprosperityofnoavail.Alltheseareunnecessary.Inregard(oallofthem,meansknownbywhichtheycanbeovercome.Inthemodernworld,ifcommunitiesareunhappy,itisoftenbecausetheyhaveignorance,habits,beliefs,andp
4、assions,whicharcdearertothemthanhappinessorevenlife.ImayhaveconceivedIhwrelicaltruthwrongly,bulIwasrightinthinkingthattheirissuchathing,andIhalitdeservesourallegiance.Imayhavethought(heroadoaworldoffreeandlppyhumanbeingsShorWrthanitisprovingtobe.but1wasrightinthinkingthatsuchaworldispossible,andIhatitisworthwhilelolivewithaview(ob11ngingi(nearer.Ihavelivedin(hepursuitofavision,)ersonalandsocial.Personal:toallownne11sofinsighttogivewisdomalmoremundanetimes.Social:toseeinimaginationthesocietythatistobecreated,whereindividualsgrowfreely.