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The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain, is floating in mid-air, until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

Jane AddamsHow Would You Uplift the Masses?

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This line sees personal good as incomplete until it is shared in common life. It leans toward an external standard. Because it is expansive, its meaning can widen toward solidarity, democracy, and mutual belonging.