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“Where Do We Go from Here”?

When we grow too complacent* with ourselves, along come writers who, wasp-like, sting us with reminders of the many problems we face-from rehabilitating former prisoners on parole8 to feeding the world’s hungry population. Those authors do not see civilization rising almost vertically to greater and greater heights. Though a multitude* of problems beset America, they nominate* the large urban centers as potentially* the most dangerous and requiring the most immediate attention. They see the cities as the morgues* of dead hopes and lost ideals.

We are preoccupied* with trifles* like the upholstery* in our homes or personal matters like pension* and benefits, but now we are called upon to contribute to our community on every vital* level-moral, political, economic. We are not being urged to give up our beloved possessions, but our civilization can be saved only if we overcome the epidemic of indifference*. We must begin to live with a new openness to others and a determination to become the best of which we are capable.

Alright, our story for lesson 41 is finished. See you in the next part, good luck!