Chapter 32 of 134 · The Freeman 1968 by Foundation for Economic Education
As Far As Possible
powers and capacities. One may achieve outstanding success in one's career and yet still fall far short of one's full potential as a human being. Too many people set their sights too low. Their range of vision is limited. They can see only what is in their immediate vicinity. They have no far horizons or hope or ambition. They go through life unaware of the magic and poetry of existence, untouched by inspira tion or imagination. To find, one must seek: to see, one must lift up one's eyes to the hills. It does not matter that the goals we set ourselves are unattainable all the better. The great tragedy is never to have felt the urge to rise above oneself, to be satisfied to go through life at ground level, to have no purpose beyond the sat isfaction of everyday needs. "Ah! but a nlan's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a Heaven for?" ~ 143 T e REALPrice Wars LEONARD E. READ EVERYBODY favors freedom, but ... !
The Freeman 1968
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