“ Many are strong and rich, and would be just, But live among their suffering fellow-men As if none felt: they know not what they do. ”
John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919). copy citation
| Author | John Maynard Keynes |
|---|---|
| Source | The Economic Consequences of the Peace |
| Topic | suffering living |
| Date | 1919 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15776/15776-h/15776-h.htm |
Context
“They dare not devise good for man's estate, And yet they know not that they do not dare. The good want power but to weep barren tears. The powerful goodness want: worse need for them. The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom; And all best things are thus confused to ill. Many are strong and rich, and would be just, But live among their suffering fellow-men As if none felt: they know not what they do. We have been moved already beyond endurance, and need rest. Never in the lifetime of men now living has the universal element in the soul of man burnt so dimly. For these reasons the true voice of the new generation has not yet spoken, and silent opinion is not yet formed.”
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