Nor will man miss it. For what man has sought for is, indeed,
neither pain nor pleasure, but simply Life. Man has sought to live
intensely, fully, perfectly. When he can do so without exercising
restraint on others, or suffering it ever, and his activities are
all pleasurable to him, he will be saner, healthier, more
civilised, more himself. Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of
approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his
environment. The new Individualism, for whose service Socialism,
whether it wills it or not, is working, will be perfect harmony.
It will be what the Greeks sought for, but could not, except in
Thought, realise completely, because they had slaves, and fed them;
it will be what the Renaissance sought for, but could not realise
completely except in Art, because they had slaves, and starved
them. It will be complete, and through it each man will attain to
his perfection. The new Individualism is the new Hellenism.