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In spite of failures, cooperative schemes went on, some of the same men appearing in one after another with irrepressible optimism.
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Such a young person persistently believes that behind all suffering, behind sin and want, must lie redeeming magnanimity.
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She is besotted with innocent little ambitions, and does not understand this apparent waste of herself, this elaborate preparation, if no work is provided for her.
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Young people themselves often resent this attitude on the part of their elders; they feel set aside and belittled as if they were denied the common human experiences.