"Oscar finds your visits a very great pleasure," Jeff told her.
"The dear madman!" Her eyes were shining softly. "Isn't he brave
and optimistic?"
"Yes."
Both of them were thinking how soon the arm of that unseen God of
love and law he worshipped would enfold him.
Alice smiled tenderly, and for the moment the street in front of
her danced in a mist. "And his perfect state! Shall we ever
realize it?"
"We must hope so. Perhaps not in the form he sees it, but in the
way we work it out through a species of evolution. Think of the
progress we have made in the last five years. How many dark
corners in the long disused houses of our minds have been flooded
with light!"
"Yes. Why have we made more progress in the past few years?"
Jeff's eyes held a gleam of humor. "This is a big country with
enormous resources. There used to be room for all the most active
plunderers to grab something. But lately the grabbing hasn't been
so good. We have discoveredthat the most powerful robbers are
doing their snatching from us. So we've suffered a moral
awakening."
"You don't believe that," she said quickly.
"There's a good deal in the bread and butter interpretation of
history.
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