So likewise the State is for Individualities. The State is for Individuals, the law is for freedoms, the world is for experiment, experience, and change: these are the fundamental beliefs upon which a modern Utopia must go.
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Context: The narrator sums up the beliefs a modern Utopia must rest on.
Source: Chapter 3, Section 4
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