It is on this that those who are striving to improve the lot of man may ground their hopes: human beings are not condemned, because of their biological constitution, to annihilate each other or to be at the mercy of a cruel, self-inflicted fate.

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A source trail connects this quotation to Albert Einstein and Why Socialism?, but the exact English wording has not been confirmed in a primary text. The attribution is therefore probable rather than definitive.

Likely origin: Why Socialism?

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This page records the wording "It is on this that those who are striving to…," which centers on striving, improve, ground. A concrete trail points toward Einstein, but the exact English form remains unconfirmed; the page therefore labels it as attributed to him while preserving its life and wisdom context.

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