His wife apparently thought he would.

He would probably he happy with the strides that have been taken, yet unsatisfied with the overall reality of society's shortcomings.

Very good questions.

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"The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.”
- George Will

And yet you just asked them.

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A nation of slaves is always prepared to applaud the clemency of their master who, in the abuse of absolute power, does not proceed to the utmost extremes of injustice and oppression.
Edward Gibbon