Compared with the perils which our forefathers conquered, because they believed and were not afraid, we have so much to be thankful for Nature surrounds us with her bounty and human, efforts have multiplied it. 我们的先辈曾以信念和无畏一次次转危为安，比起他们经历过的险阻，我们仍大可感到欣慰。大自然仍在给予我们恩惠，人类的努力已使之倍增。
The belief that society has an innate tendency toward improvement and that this tendency may be furthered through conscious human effort. 社会向善论认为社会具有变得更好的内在倾向和人类有力量促使其改善的信仰或学说
