The individual’s uniqueness shines through in the community. The more different the person is, the more the individual transcends itself in its relationship to the whole. For this to happen, the individual finds meaning through his or her unique task, and the community becomes meaningful only through the existence of all of the unique individuals within it.
The mass stands in stark contrast to the community. In the mass all the stones are the same, and must be that way. Any one of them can be replaced by any other. (p. 69-70)
Such is the case with families, classrooms, organizations, and nations on earth. The rest is commentary.