None the less would this be a happy world, not because we were all dancing, but because we each enjoyed the sight of such a spectacle.
Many young officers take intense pride in their regiments, and the character of such regiments may in a certain sense be called a corporate thing.

But it depends entirely on the personal character of their members, and all that the phrase really indicates is that a set of men take pleasure in similar things.

Thus it is the boast of one young officer that the members of his regiment all spend too much, of another that they all drink too much, of another that they are distinguished for their high rank, and of another that they are distinguished for the lowness of their sensuality.

What differentiates one regiment from another is first and before all things some personal source of happiness common to all its members.
And as it is with the character of a regiment, so too is it with the character of life in general.

When we say that Humanity may become a glorious thing as a whole, we must mean that each man may attain some positive glory as an individual.