Considering Quote by Joseph Wood Krutch

“We must not judge the society of the future by considering whether or not we should like to live in it; the question is whether those who have grown up in it will be happier than those who have grown up in our society or those of the past.” quote by Joseph Wood Krutch — Download Open image

“We must not judge the society of the future by considering whether or not we should like to live in it; the question is whether those who have grown up in it will be happier than those who have grown up in our society or those of the past.”

Joseph Wood Krutch

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