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1024 An. American Dilemma
The rationalism and moralism which is the driving force behind social
study, whether we admit it or not, is the faith that institutions can be
improved and strengthened and that people are good enough to live a
happier life. With all we know today, there should be the possibility to
build a nation and a world where people^s great propensities for sympathy
and cooperation would not be so thwarted.
To find the practical formulas for this never-ending reconstruction of
society is the supreme task of social science. The world catastrophe places
tremendous difficulties in our way and may shake our confidence to the
depths. Yet we have today in social science a greater trust in the improva-
bility of man and society than we have ever had since the Enlightenment.
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