Books · 1965
If the world is to be improved it must be by the exercise of individual charity.
— Anthony Burgess • Here Comes Everybody: An Introduction to James Joyce for the Ordinary Reader
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An editorial interpretation.
The statement makes individual charity a necessary condition for improving the world. Its broad ambition rests on something people can personally practice, linking change to acts directed toward others. The emphatic 'must' presents that responsibility as essential rather than merely one possible contribution.
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