The Moral Vision
Bearing Fruit
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have to have the feeling inculcated in them that to
achieve positive ends they must continually keep
up a peaceful and ameliorative struggle, one which
will create harmony and eschew conflict, one which
will solve, and not create problems for their fellow
men.
Although we must accept the fact that this is a
highly competitive world, there is nothing to
prevent us from endeavouring to cooperate with
and encourage cooperation from others. If we stand
shoulder to shoulder with our fellow men in the
face of the most heartless rivalries, there is no
obstacle that we cannot overcome, no peril that we
cannot face. But if we do not see to it that such ideas
are propagated and accepted among people in their
formative years, we cannot expect to find many
who will be willing to cooperate. No matter how
basically good the fruit trees in our orchard are,
they will not blossom and bear fruit unless they are
consistently well tended.
