Can Love and Truth Defeat Evil?
If Dickens’ hope as expressed here is going to come to fruition, it will be because decent people actively made it happen.
When I was a little boy my grandfather told me, “Try to leave this world in better condition than the way you found it.”
Your Grandmother was correct– but most times it takes action to make the World better — because “Evil” is betting on you just “thinking good thoughts” – and “doing good deeds” – without confronting “evil” head on – and eradicating it.