“[A]s I look over the grand drama of history, I find
(or seem to find) amid the apparent chaos and tragedy, evidence of law and plan
and immense achievement of the human spirit in spite of disasters. I am
convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample
themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid
the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that
of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.”—American historian
Charles A. Beard (1874-1948), letter of June 25, 1931, quoted in Will Durant, On The Meaning of Life (1931)
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