14/20 We want to do what we can to help it. I myself want to see the result. I grant it is an experiment, but it is the only direction society can take that is worth its taking; the only conception of its duty large enough to satisfy its instincts; the only result that is worth an effort or a risk. Every other possible step is backward, and I do not care to repeat the past. I am glad to see society grapple with issues in which no one can afford to be neutral." "And supposing your experiment fails," said Mrs.Lee; "suppose society destroys itself with universal suffrage, corruption, and communism." "I wish, Mrs.Lee, you would visit the Observatory with me some evening, and look at Sirius. |