And finally, I believe in my whole race.
Yellow, white,
black, red, brown —
in the honesty, courage, intelligence, durability … and
goodness …
of the overwhelming majority of my brothers and sisters everywhere
on this planet.
I am proud to be a human being.
I believe that we have come
this far by the skin of our teeth,
that we always make it just by the skin of
our teeth —
but that we will always make it … survive … endure.
I believe that
this hairless embryo with the aching, oversize brain case
and the opposable
thumb, this animal barely up from the apes, will endure —
will endure longer
than his home planet, will spread out to the other planets,
to the stars, and
beyond, carrying with him his honesty,
his insatiable curiosity, his unlimited
courage — and his noble essential decency.
This I believe with all my heart.
Robert Heinlein
