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"Suppose that the world's author put the case to you before creation, saying: 'I am going to make a world not certain to be saved, a world the perfection of which shall be conditional merely, the condition being that each several agent does its own level best. I offer you the chance of taking part in such a world. Its safety, you see, is unwarranted. It is a real adventure, with real danger, yet it may win through. It is a social scheme of co operative work genuinely to be done. Will you join the procession? Will you trust yourself and trust the other agents enough to face the risk?'"
Lecture 8--"Pragmatism and Religion"
"Suppose that the world's author put the case to you before creation, saying: 'I am going to make a world not certain to be saved, a world the perfection of which shall be conditional merely, the condition being that each several agent does its own level best. I offer you the chance of taking part in such a world. Its safety, you see, is unwarranted. It is a real adventure, with real danger, yet it may win through. It is a social scheme of co operative work genuinely to be done. Will you join the procession? Will you trust yourself and trust the other agents enough to face the risk?'"
Lecture 8--"Pragmatism and Religion"