I can remember a time in the United States when it was not unusual to hear someone described as “a great humanitarian” or as having “a great love for mankind.” The plaque we left on the moon says “We came in peace for all mankind.” You don’t hear much of that talk anymore. Our discourse has grown more nationalistic, and today it seems the best thing we can say about somebody was that he or she has “a great love or country.I can remember a time in the United States when it was not unusual to hear someone described as “a great humanitarian” or as having “a great love for mankind.” The plaque we left on the moon says “We came in peace for all mankind.” You don’t hear much of that talk anymore. Our discourse has grown more nationalistic, and today it seems the best thing we can say about somebody was that he or she has “a great love or country.
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