“Solitary and yet, paradoxically, this idea can bind all men together—it is being simultaneously apart from and a part of. I don’t suggest or prefer solitude. In fact I have no doubt that if you and I could meet for daily discussions, our strivings for understanding would be greatly augmented. It seems paradoxical to say that men are most useful to one another when each pursues his own advantage. But when they are men of reason, it is so. Enlightened egoism leads to mutual utility. We all have in common our ability to reason, and a true earthly paradise will occur when our commitment to
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