meaning of “potential compassion” and “in the way of”
The passage below comes from the website as follows.
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True, but assuming the worst will not avert these fates; striving to continue improving the human lot may. It is precisely because so much human betterment has been shown to be possible in recent centuries that the continuing imperfection of the world places a moral duty on humanity to allow economic evolution to continue. To prevent change, innovation and growth is to stand . Let it never be forgotten that, by propagating excessive caution about genetically modified food aid, some pressure groups may have exacerbated real hunger in Zambia in the early 2000s.
In that passage, I have two questions about two underlined parts, “in the way of,” and “potential compassion.”
❶ Is the underlined “” used in the same way as in “Don't stand progress?”
❷ What’s the meaning of “potential compassion?” I cannot work up the meaning of it, however hard I try.
Thank you in advance.
The passage below comes from the website as follows.
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True, but assuming the worst will not avert these fates; striving to continue improving the human lot may. It is precisely because so much human betterment has been shown to be possible in recent centuries that the continuing imperfection of the world places a moral duty on humanity to allow economic evolution to continue. To prevent change, innovation and growth is to stand . Let it never be forgotten that, by propagating excessive caution about genetically modified food aid, some pressure groups may have exacerbated real hunger in Zambia in the early 2000s.
In that passage, I have two questions about two underlined parts, “in the way of,” and “potential compassion.”
❶ Is the underlined “” used in the same way as in “Don't stand progress?”
❷ What’s the meaning of “potential compassion?” I cannot work up the meaning of it, however hard I try.
Thank you in advance.
