But these were fleeting moments! And I was soon telling myself that if work for a future of peace and justice a future of continual progress and of fruitful and useful labor for all men and all nations was indeed an illusion it was still an illusion so divine as to make life worth living and to inspire one to die for it
But it is not an illusion I felt this deep within me and the history of human evolution as well as everyday experience confirmed it for me Reasonable ideas which find their sanction in the conscience of the righteous do not die they are consequently realities and active forces but they are so only to the extent that those who profess them know how to turn them to account It depends on us then and on our judgment and steadfastness whether or not the idea of peace will root itself ever more firmly in public awareness until it grows into the living and active conscience of a whole people