“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.” [William Hazlitt: Lectures on the English Comic Writers I]

“Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.” [William Hazlitt: Lectures on the English Comic Writers I]


 
 
 

Being able to see what things are and what the ought to be is an innately human trait. This implies we, as humans, have the responsibility to make changes to our environment to turn it into what it ought to be.

This is why we were made to walk uphill. We were made to take on the challenge to leave this world better than when we entered.

 
Musings by: Chris Beane