As 1 was browsing in a un iversity bookstore recently£¬I
heard an apple¡ªcheeked girl say tO her companion£¬¡°The truth
is that our society and everything in it is in a state of decay£®¡¯¡¯
I studied her carefully£¬and I must report that she did not
seem even slightly decayed£®But what of the society as a whole?
Decay is hardly the word for what is happening tO US£®We
are witnessing changes SO profound and far¡ªreaching that the
mind can hardly grasp all the implications£®With respect tO
most of these events--space exploration is the spectacular
example--we are not j ust passive observers but are helping
tO produce the changes£®That is a story of dynamism£¬not
deterioration£®
Yet no one can fail tO see in some segments of our society
the dry rot produced by apathy£¬by rigidity and by moral
emptiness£®Only the blind and complacent could fail tO
recognize the great tasks of renewal facing us¡ª¡ªin government£¬
in education£¬in race relations£¬in urban redevelopment£¬in
international affairs£¬and most ot all in our own minds and
hearu£®
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