It must be remembered that while sympathy with joy intensifies the sum of joy in the world., sympathy with pain does not really diminish the amount of pain. It may make man better able to endure evil, but the evil remains.

自由主义与共产主义之间，或民主与威权主义之间的伟大意识形态斗争，已被对自由民主可取性的一般共识所取代。