“ Men, by their nature, seemingly, cannot be happy unless engaged in enterprises that make them feel useful. ”
Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano (1952). copy citation
| Author | Kurt Vonnegut |
|---|---|
| Source | Player Piano |
| Topic | feeling |
| Date | 1952 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://libcom.org/library/player-piano-kurt-vonnegut |
Context
““These are radical proposals, extremely difficult to put into effect. But the need for their being put into effect is far greater than all of the difficulties, and infinitely greater than the need for our national holy trinity, Efficiency, Economy, and Quality.“Men, by their nature, seemingly, cannot be happy unless engaged in enterprises that make them feel useful. They must, therefore, be returned to participation in such enterprises.“I hold, and the members of the Ghost Shirt Society hold:“That there must be virtue in imperfection, for Man is imperfect, and Man is a creation of God.”
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