The Moral Vision
No End to Possibilities
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again. All one has to do is go about one’s task in an
intelligent manner, and never give up trying.
God has created this world full of wonderful
opportunities. Here, when matter perishes, it
becomes energy; when darkness comes, a new light
emerges from its depths; when one building falls, it
leaves a place for another construction. So it is with
events in the life of man. From every failure
emerges the chance of new success. The same
applies to rival nations. If one nation becomes
advanced, while another remains backward, this is
not the end of the matter. When this happens,
another process begins: the advanced nations
develop a love of comfort and luxurious living,
which is likely, in the long run, to bring about its
decadence and downfall while a new spirit of
struggle and endeavour rises in the backward
people to lead them on to greater heights.
This means that no one need lose heart in this world
of God. However uncompromising circumstances
may seem, they contain, somewhere or another, the
possibility of triumph for man. What one should do
is seek out this possibility, and use it to turn one’s
