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Everything On This Earth Can Be Made Into Something Better. Every Defeat May Be Made The Foundation Of A Future Victory. Every Lost War May Be The Cause Of A Later Resurgence. Every Visitation Of Distress Can Give A New Impetus To Human Energy. And Out Of Every Oppression Those Forces Can Develop Which Bring About A New Rebirth.

All Great Movements Are Popular Movements. They Are The Volcanic Eruptions Of Human Passions And Emotions, Stirred Into Activity By The Ruthless Goddess Of Distress Or By The Torch Of The Spoken Word Cast Into The Midst Of The People.

The Future Of A Movement Is Conditioned By The Fanaticism, Yes, The Intolerance, With Which Its Adherents Uphold It As The Sole Correct Movement, And Push It Past Other Formations Of A Similar Sort.

Only So You Can Appeal To Your God And Pray Him To Support And Bless Your Courage, Your Work, Your Perseverance, Your Strength, Your Resolution, And With All These Your Claim On Life.

The Folkish Philosophy Of Life Must Succeed In Bringing About That Nobler Age In Which Men No Longer Are Concerned With Breeding Dogs, Horses, And Cats, But In Elevating Man Himself.