It is the duty of youth to bring its fresh new powers to bear on social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast reserve force to a tired army. They should lift the world forward. That is what they are for.


The Forerunner: A Monthly Magazine (Jan., 1912)

Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes

It is the duty of youth to bring its fresh new powers to bear on social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast...

It is the duty of youth to bring its fresh new powers to bear on social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast...

It is the duty of youth to bring its fresh new powers to bear on social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast...

It is the duty of youth to bring its fresh new powers to bear on social progress. Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast...