Themes
No one has the right to feel hopeless, there’s too much work to do.
— Dorothy Day
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Unfinished work is offered as a reason to resist hopelessness. The statement frames engagement as an obligation, using the language of rights to make withdrawal sound unacceptable. It is an emphatic moral appeal, without specifying the tasks or describing the circumstances of any particular person’s despair.
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