While there is little evidence that human nature has changed for the better over the past two millennia, a few historical events, like Britain's abolition of its extremely profitable slave trade, suggest that human history has also been something more than an endless contest of greed and power.
- David Brion Davis, a Yale University historian
Friday, June 22, 2007
Friday hope blogging
This is the Sojourners Quote of the Week:
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