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Timebinder, v. 1, issue 4, 1945

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pessimism doesn't mean so much continual worry about things (for I worry a lot), as it does the habit of looking on the dark side of things rather than the bright side. As a simple illustration a pessimist would say "there was a terrible train wreck and ten people were killed". An optimist would say "there was a terrible train wreck and by a miracle ONLY ten people were killed. However, the railroad safety men have found some new methods of providing greater safety herater as a result of their study." We all know that there are things continually happening that we do not like. There must be train wrecks and fires and all sorts of accidents -- BUT, people are continually working to prevent them and safety engineers are working to make the number of such accidents grow less each year. THAT is the glorious thing about Man -- he tries to improve right along. 

Thus, in taking the long range view of life and the history of mankind, I can pass over the various wars and epidemics any other catalysms, and see the continued and upward trend man is making. I realize full well the messes into which man gets himself, with his wars and his general mass -- stupidity -- but in spite of them he does manage to emerge a little higher each time -- when you look at it by centuries rather than by years, and especially when you look at it by millenia instead of centuries.

In this connection, I have been intensely interested in watching the papers since the San Francisco Conference started. Some of the editorial writers and columnists yell their heads off at each little thing that comes along each day that apparently was against making a just or lasting peace. Yet a week or so later that matter will have been smoothed out, and all will be well on that line.

To me it is apparent that no one can expect things to run smoothly without someone having a diverse view, and yet those people there are all in agreement with the principal thing, that they MUST write a document that will insure peace. Naturally, there is a divergence of opinion as to what should or should not be included. But they are all BIG men and women, and after they have fully debated what they first believe, they will compromise to what seems the best to the greatest number.

Oh, I know it isn't and won't be perfect at first, but I do sincerely believe that they will achieve the BEGINNNGS of a method for insuring peace, and that as time goes on it will be so changed and perfected that it will become a really workable document. Like the original American Constitution, which laid the groundwork, although almost immediately it had to be amended to include the Bill of Rights, and has since been changed to correct other important matters not at first known or foreseen.

As long as the document remains fluid it will be all right. -- EEE.

LATER. The Conference has since ended, and the DID make allowances for future changes and amendments, as I had expected they would. It has already been ratified by a number of countries as one of the greatest steps towards permanent peace.

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pessimism doesn't mean so much continual worry about things (for I worry a lot), as it does the habit of looking on the dark side of things rather than the bright side. As a simple illustration a pessimist would say "there was a terrible train wreck and ten people were killed". An optimist would say "there was a terrible train wreck and by a miracle ONLY ten people were killed. However, the railroad safety men have found some new methods of providing greater safety herater as a result of their study." We all know that there are things continually happening that we do not like. There must be train wrecks and fires and all sorts of accidents -- BUT, people are continually working to prevent them and safety engineers are working to make the number of such accidents grow less each year. THAT is the glorious thing about Man -- he tries to improve right along. Thus, in taking the long range view of life and the history of mankind, I can pass over the various wars and epidemics any other catalysms, and see the continued and upward trend man is making. I realize full well the messes into which man gets himself, with his wars and his general mass -- stupidity -- but in spite of them he does manage to emerge a little higher each time -- when you look at it by centuries rather than by years, and especially when you look at it by millenia instead of centuries. In this connection, I have been intensely interested in watching the papers since the San Francisco Conference started. Some of the editorial writers and columnists yell their heads off at each little thing that comes along each day that apparently was against making a just or lasting peace. Yet a week or so later that matter will have been smoothed out, and all will be well on that line. To me it is apparent that no one can expect things to run smoothly without someone having a diverse view, and yet those people there are all in agreement with the principal thing, that they MUST write a document that will insure peace. Naturally, there is a divergence of opinion as to what should or should not be included. But they are all BIG men and women, and after they have fully debated what they first believe, they will compromise to what seems the best to the greatest number. Oh, I know it isn't and won't be perfect at first, but I do sincerely believe that they will achieve the BEGINNNGS of a method for insuring peace, and that as time goes on it will be so changed and perfected that it will become a really workable document. Like the original American Constitution, which laid the groundwork, although almost immediately it had to be amended to include the Bill of Rights, and has since been changed to correct other important matters not at first known or foreseen. As long as the document remains fluid it will be all right. -- EEE. LATER. The Conference has since ended, and the DID make allowances for future changes and amendments, as I had expected they would. It has already been ratified by a number of countries as one of the greatest steps towards permanent peace. 19