ServitudeBy Maria Montessori(Quoted from “The Larger Aspect of Socialism,” by Walling.)
By Maria Montessori
(Quoted from “The Larger Aspect of Socialism,” by Walling.)
Any nation that accepts the idea of servitude and believes that it is an advantage for man to be served by man admits servility as an instinct, and indeed we all too easily lend ourselves to obsequious service, giving to it such complimentary names as courtesy, politeness, charity.
In reality, he who is served is limited in his independence. This concept will be the foundation of the dignity of the man of the future; “I do not wish to be served because I am not impotent.” And this idea must be gained before men can feel themselves to be really free.