An extreme value, as we see, they are resolved to give to life; they will not tolerate those who deny its existence.

But they are obliged to find it in the very place where hitherto it has been thought to be conspicuous by its absence.

It is to be found in no better or wider future, where injustice shall be turned to justice, trouble into rest, and blindness into clear sight; for no such future awaits us.

It is to be found in life itself, in this earthly life, this life between the cradle and the grave; and though imagination and sympathy may enlarge and extend this for the individual, yet the limits of its extension are very soon arrived at.

It is limited by the time the human race can exist, by the space in the universe that the human race occupies, and the capacities of enjoyment that the human race possesses.
Here, then, is a distinct and intelligible task that the positive thinkers have set themselves.