Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“men who had at last learned to accept life itself as a pleasure, and the satisfaction of the common needs of mankind and the preparation for them, as work fit for the best of the race.”
- Date
- 1890
- Local voice
- Fictional narrator · William Guest
Meaning of “men who had at last learned to accept…”
The narrator describes a society in which ordinary shared needs are treated as worthy work and life itself is approached as something to participate in rather than merely endure.
Where does it come from?
News from Nowhere, narrator William Guest observing Morsom’s community; Project Gutenberg #3261. This is narrative description inside a utopian novel.
Why the local voice matters
The fictional narrator William Guest describes Morsom’s community.
