Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS was Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria's reign and remains one of the most popular British poets.
When you combine dopamine with the toils of the imperfect parent, you have a biological driver that delays gratification. Several references are at play here, the Imperfect Parent is a plug for shame researcher Brené Brown and all the amazing work she does.
The individual pleasures and pains aggregate to forme the concrete of the whole, society that is! This declaration of independence relies on the individual to have ideals similar to the common good of the community.