What William Morris thinks about optimism

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English designer, writer and socialist (1834 to 1896); author of Signs of Change.

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1. c. 1883–1888

   Our readingAn inevitable social revolution lies ahead that will end mastery and bring the triumph of fellowship

   Their wordsYet this we know, that ahead of us, with nothing betwixt us except such incidents as are necessary to its development, lies the inevitable social revolution, which will bring about the end of mastery and the triumph of fellowship.

   ↗Signs of Change: Seven Lectures (1888; 1896 edition)gutenberg.org All 20 from this book