Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky. (№ 425097)

The pessimist believes that the world is bad, the optimist that the world is good, the meliorist believes that it is improving. At the same time, the meliorist can see all the calamities of the world, all the abomination of reality, all the weakness and sinfulness of man; but at the same time the meliorist not only notes the constant struggle of the bright beginning, but also keeps within himself a deep confidence in his final victory.