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Reviewing An Ideal Husband in 1895, George Bernard Shaw wrote that "the modern note is struck in Sir Robert Chiltern's assertion of the individuality and courage of his wrongdoing as against the mechanical idealism of his stupidly good wife, and in his bitter criticism of love that is only the reward of merit."
He needs to appeal to the idealism of those he wants to recruit by telling them that they can make more money elsewhere but that they can do more for society by becoming teachers.
4 Materialism vs. idealism.
This tribute--a bow from the great pessimist of the '90s to the great pessimist of the '70s--revisits Kissinger's 1954 doctoral dissertation and finds it "brave," a persuasive account of why realism keeps the peace better than idealism.
On Friday's NewsHour , Mark Shields gives John McCain's debate performance a mixed verdict--McCain inspired idealism and was sharp on foreign policy, Shields says, but his knowledge of domestic issues was weak and he wasn't aggressive enough.