| Summary: | "We should not allow the number of the unemployed, or evidences of political, economic and social unrest to increase our feeling of apprehension and fear about the course of human events. We have bungled through, as well as into, many difficult situations. But some day, when we are less egotistical than we are at present, we shall appreciate the significance of the fact that "we are unexperienced beings standing at the first flush of dawn of civilization." As soon as our eyes are fully open we shall be eager to learn to manage the human machine, running it more efficiently, with fewer accidents, and giving it better opportunities to do constructive and creative work. We shall also feel the enthusiasm of youth, not of barbaric youth afraid to face the past, but of youth prepared to learn how to live wisely and well. In time we shall also appreciate that "the virtue of holiness is the divine virtue of intelligence." Inspired and sustained by new hopes and new ambitions and no longer disturbed, depressed and made aggressive by the memories of the intemperate, insane and belligerent thoughts and acts which disorganize and terrify prohibiting minds, we shall acquire the confidence and genuine self-respect that is essential to stabilize the life of the individual citizen and to ensure the progress of civilization"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).
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