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It may be that the best we can hope to see is that struggle getting sharper and bitterer day by day, until it breaks out openly at last into the slaughter of men by actual warfare instead of by the slower and crueller methods of "peaceful" commerce. IT MAY BE THAT THE BEST WE CAN HOPE TO SEE IS THAT STRUGGLE GETTING SHARPER AND BITTERER DAY BY DAY UNTIL IT BREAKS OUT OPENLY AT LAST INTO THE SLAUGHTER OF MEN BY ACTUAL WARFARE INSTEAD OF BY THE SLOWER AND CRUELLER METHODS OF PEACEFUL COMMERCE
e of rest and pleasure accompanies it. We have weighed the work of civilization in the balance and found it wanting, since hope is mostly lacking to it, and therefore we see that civilization has bred a dire curse for men. But we have seen also that the work of the world might be carried on in hope and with pleasure if it were not wasted by folly and tyranny, by the perpetual strife of opposing classes. * * * * * It is Peace, therefore, which we need in order that we may live and work in hope and with pleasure. Peace so much desired, if we may trust men’s words, but which has been so continually and steadily rejected by them in deeds. But for us, let us set our hearts on it and win it at whatever cost. What the cost may be, who can tell? Will it be possible to win peace peaceably? Alas, how can it be? We are so hemmed in by wrong and folly, that in one way or other we must always be fighting against them: our own lives may see no end to the struggle, perhaps no obvious hope of the end. R HAND LABOR IS GOOD WHEN DUE HOPE OF REST AND PLEASURE ACCOMPANIES IT WE HAVE WEIGHED THE WORK OF CIVILIZATION IN THE BALANCE AND FOUND IT WANTING SINCE HOPE IS MOSTLY LACKING TO IT AND THEREFORE WE SEE THAT CIVILIZATION HAS BRED A DIRE CURSE FOR MEN BUT WE HAVE SEEN ALSO THAT THE WORK OF THE WORLD MIGHT BE CARRIED ON IN HOPE AND WITH PLEASURE IF IT WERE NOT WASTED BY FOLLY AND TYRANNY BY THE PERPETUAL STRIFE OF OPPOSING CLASSES IT IS PEACE THEREFORE WHICH WE NEED IN ORDER THAT WE MAY LIVE AND WORK IN HOPE AND WITH PLEASURE PEACE SO MUCH DESIRED IF WE MAY TRUST MEN'S WORDS BUT WHICH HAS BEEN SO CONTINUALLY AND STEADILY REJECTED BY THEM IN DEEDS BUT FOR US LET US SET OUR HEARTS ON IT AND WIN IT AT WHATEVER COST WHAT THE COST MAY BE WHO CAN TELL WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO WIN PEACE PEACEABLY ALAS HOW CAN IT BE WE ARE SO HEMMED IN BY WRONG AND FOLLY THAT IN ONE WAY OR OTHER WE MUST ALWAYS BE FIGHTING AGAINST THEM OUR OWN LIVES MAY SEE NO END TO THE STRUGGLE PERHAPS NO OBVIOUS HOPE OF THE END
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