At lunchtime, Marie-Claude Francoeur, Québec's Delegate to New England, recalled her role in the elaboration and adoption of carbon pricing in Québec and how the government of Québec moved to an economy-wide carbon trading scheme to remind the audience that political challenges can be overcome, concluding with optimism about future climate cooperation across North America.
Edmund Blunden, for example, after detailing the devastations of war in "Report on Experience" and arguing that God has witnessed it all, concludes with muted optimism: ..
But it does seem possible to conclude, with cautious optimism, that America is somewhat safer.
If children can outgrow their dependence, he concluded with cautious optimism, then humanity may also hope to leave behind its immature heteronomy.
Noor and colleagues conclude with cautious optimism about the progress made since 2000, but provide a timely warning that the challenge of malaria is far from over.
Voltaire concludes with Candide, if not rejecting optimism outright, advocating a deeply practical precept, "we must cultivate our garden", in lieu of the Leibnizian mantra of Pangloss, "all is for the best" in the "best of all possible worlds".
McTaggart defended optimism very early in his career, in a pamphlet published in 1893 titled "On the Furthermore determination of the Absolute" (reprinted in his Philosophical Studies), and the second volume of the Nature of Existence concludes with a full-throttled argument for optimism.
Steve concludes with a plea to Mr Lacey, he says: "More optimism for England please, Mr Lacey!
The author concludes with an entry on Ono's use of the universal expression of optimism: yes.
He concludes with the upbeat but callous advice to "just lie back and enjoy the optimism".
She discusses research related to emotion regulation, self-efficacy/optimism, and affiliation/care/nurturance, and concludes with research demonstrating the benefits of compassion.
