Go south now on Bowery about a block, for this is your intention. Already now you can see him just ahead, over there on your left, rising above the cars and trucks, out there in the middle of the traffic where Division Street splits into a Y and joins Bowery. In that triangle of asphalt and concrete created by the forking Division Street, on a pedestal about seven feet high stands a ten foot bronze and therefore green statue of Confucius. He's looking southeast and stands there in his robes, still as a statue, deep in his meditative calm amidst the noise and chaos of commerce. When the great principle prevails the world is a Commonwealth in which rulers are selected according to their wisdom and ability.
Mutual confidence is promoted and good neighborliness cultivated.
Hence men do not regard as parents only their own parents nor do they treat as children only their own children. Provision is secured for the aged till death, employment for the able bodied and the means of growing up for the young. Helpless widows and widowers, orphans and the lonely as well as the sick and disabled are well cared for. Men have their respective occupations and women their homes. They do not like to see wealth lying idle, yet they do not keep it for their own gratification.