The despairing.-- Christianity possesses the hunters instinct for all those who can by one mean or another be brought to despair - of which only a portion of mankind is capable. It is constantly on their track, it lies in wait for them. Pascal attempted the experiment of seeing whether, with the aid of the most incisive knowledge, everyone could not be brought to despair: the experiment miscarried, to his twofold despair.
                          Nietzsche's Daybreak,s. 64, R.J. Hollingdale transl.

     My understanding of this quote by Nietzsche explains the idea that as human being each and every individual are prone to experiences that can influence our outlook and life and at times may often influence our future. Avoiding despair and factors that can influence our life is almost impossible; however, knowing that an individual's enviornment and past experiences can affect their life positively or negatively makes me believe the fittest and the strongest can overcome most obstabcles. A strong support system and often faith in a greater being empowers some individual with the ability to overcome despair.                   
   
     A prime example of individuals being brought to despair in today's society can be seen in individuals that often become addicted to controlled substances such crack cocaine, heroine, marijuana, alcohol, and or prescribe narcotics. Despite the efforts of most addict I believe past experiences and first hand knowledge of their euphoric sensation make it easy for them to be brought to despair. Daily the news media broadcast the misfoutunes of controlled substance abusers, only a small portion of this group are capable of overcoming or limiting their despair.     

     German society: as of July 2012 the total estimated population is 81, 305,856 number 16 in the world, this include ethnic groups from Turkey, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbo Croatia and Spain. The primary language is German and there is a vast variation in religious preference; 34% are Protestant, 34% Roman Catholic, 3.7% Muslim, and the remaining 28.3% are unaffiliated and classified as other. The capital is Berlin with 3.438 million people living there. Among age group 0-14 males are approximately 5,569,390/females 5,282,245 and 15-64 males are 27,227,487/females 26,617,915 while age 65 and over males are 7,217,163 and females are 9,557,634. The median age for the population is 45.3 years, as of 2012 the population has a growth rate of -0.2% with birth rate of 8.33 births/1,000. The death rate is presently 11.04 deaths/1,000 number 38 in the world. Maternal mortality rate is 7 deaths/100,000 live births while infant death is 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births. Life expectancy for the population is 80.19years The Physician density is 3.531physician/1,000 individual and there are 8.17 hospital beds/1,000. Health expenses are 8.1% of the Gross  Domestic Product (GDP) while education expenditure is 4.5%. The number of adults with HIV/AIDS as of 2009 is 0.1%, 67,000 are presently living with the virus, and there is a documented fewer than 1,000deaths from the disease. Obesity among adults is approximately 12.9% with 1.1% of children less than 5 years older being under weight. The amount of people age 15 and older that can read and write is approximately 99% among male and female. There is a net migration rate of 0.71 migrants/1,000. School life expectancy is an estimated 16 years for both male and female from primary to tertiary school; however unemployment for youths ages 15-24 is 11% number 97 in the world .