This I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about. I can understand why a system built on a pattern must try to destroy the free mind, for it is the one thing which can by inspection destroy such a system. Surely I can understand this, and I hate it and I will fight against it to preserve the one thing that separates us from the uncreative beasts. If the glory can be killed, we are lost.
John Steinbeck
Vocabulary Help
- fight against – lutar contra
- fight for – lutar a favor
- freedom – liberdade
- free – livre
- hate – odiar
- kill – matar
- mind – mente
- patter – padrão
- thing – coisa
- try – tentar
- understand (understand, understood, understood) – entender, compreender
- valuable – vlioso
- wish – desejo
- world – mundo