The pretensions of final truth are always partlyan effort to obscure a darkly felt consciousness of the limits of human knowledge.
I thank heaven I have often had it in my power to give help and relief, and this is still my greatest pleasure. If I could choose my sphere of action now, it would be that of the most simple and direct efforts of this kind.
To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.
