We can grant, too, that for social problems to be diagnosed, some detachment from society is necessaryBut social problems are rarely to be solved by men totally outside of society certainly not by men not merely outside of a particular society but outside of the very concept of society. For if all institutions are dirty, why really bother to amend them? Destruction is simpler, purer, more logical, and certainly more exciting. Conscience without responsibility this is truly the last infirmity of noble mind.

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