"At Gundar we conceive 'innocence' as a positive quality, not merely an insipid absence of guilt," stated the Nolde. "We are not the fools that certa… - Jack Vance

I would define ‘avarice’ as a consequence of the human estate: a condition arising from turbulence and inequality. In none of the paradises, where conditions are no doubt optimum, does ‘avarice’ exert force. Here, we are men struggling toward perfection and ‘avarice’ is a station along the way.

They meant no harm, of course; they wanted only that he be like themselves, which was the prerogative of all parents.

“I perceive your ideological bias.”
“It is not bias to favor the tried and true ways of the past; it is ordinary common sense.”