Let us to the examination, then; we shall find it soul-stirring and inspiring.

We must be prepared, however, to abandon many deeply-rooted prejudices; if we are unwilling, we must abandon the truth.

But we will find courage in moving forward, and will triumph in the end, by keeping in mind at all times that the end of freedom is to realise the salvation and happiness of all peoples, to make the world, and not any selfish corner of it, a more beautiful dwelling-place for men.
Treated in this light, the question becomes for all earnest men great and arresting.

Our friend, who may have smiled, will discuss it readily now.

Yet he may not be convinced; he may point his finger over the wasted land and contrast its weakness with its opponents' strength, and conclude: "Your philosophy is beautiful, but only a dream." He is at least impressed; that is a point gained; and we may induce him to come further and further till he adopts the great principle we defend.
III His difficulty now is the common error that a man's work for his country should be based on the assumption that it should bear full effect in his own time.