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Now, for my part, I think the first use we ought to make of that wealth, of that freedom, should be to make all our labour, even the commonest and most necessary, pleasant to everybody; for thinking over the matter carefully I can see that the one course which will certainly make life happy in the face of all accidents and troubles is to take a pleasurable interest in all the details of life. NOW FOR MY PART I THINK THE FIRST USE WE OUGHT TO MAKE OF THAT WEALTH OF THAT FREEDOM SHOULD BE TO MAKE ALL OUR LABOUR EVEN THE COMMONEST AND MOST NECESSARY PLEASANT TO EVERYBODY FOR THINKING OVER THE MATTER CAREFULLY I CAN SEE THAT THE ONE COURSE WHICH WILL CERTAINLY MAKE LIFE HAPPY IN THE FACE OF ALL ACCIDENTS AND TROUBLES IS TO TAKE A PLEASURABLE INTEREST IN ALL THE DETAILS OF LIFE
tion of labour has become a necessity for us, and as long as that goes on no ingenuity in the invention of machines will be of any real use to us. Each new machine will cause a certain amount of misery among the workers whose special industry it may disturb; so many of them will be reduced from skilled to unskilled workmen, and then gradually matters will slip into their due grooves, and all will work apparently smoothly again; and if it were not that all this is preparing revolution, things would be, for the greater part of men, just as they were before the new wonderful invention. But when revolution has made it “easy to live,” when all are working harmoniously together and there is no one to rob the worker of his time, that is to say, his life; in those coming days there will be no compulsion on us to go on producing things we do not want, no compulsion on us to labour for nothing; we shall be able calmly and thoughtfully to consider what we shall do with our wealth of labour-power.  NAME THE MULTIPLICATION OF LABOUR HAS BECOME A NECESSITY FOR US AND AS LONG AS THAT GOES ON NO INGENUITY IN THE INVENTION OF MACHINES WILL BE OF ANY REAL USE TO US EACH NEW MACHINE WILL CAUSE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MISERY AMONG THE WORKERS WHOSE SPECIAL INDUSTRY IT MAY DISTURB SO MANY OF THEM WILL BE REDUCED FROM SKILLED TO UNSKILLED WORKMEN AND THEN GRADUALLY MATTERS WILL SLIP INTO THEIR DUE GROOVES AND ALL WILL WORK APPARENTLY SMOOTHLY AGAIN AND IF IT WERE NOT THAT ALL THIS IS PREPARING REVOLUTION THINGS WOULD BE FOR THE GREATER PART OF MEN JUST AS THEY WERE BEFORE THE NEW WONDERFUL INVENTION BUT WHEN REVOLUTION HAS MADE IT EASY TO LIVE WHEN ALL ARE WORKING HARMONIOUSLY TOGETHER AND THERE IS NO ONE TO ROB THE WORKER OF HIS TIME THAT IS TO SAY HIS LIFE IN THOSE COMING DAYS THERE WILL BE NO COMPULSION ON US TO GO ON PRODUCING THINGS WE DO NOT WANT NO COMPULSION ON US TO LABOR FOR NOTHING WE SHALL BE ABLE CALMLY AND THOUGHTFULLY TO CONSIDER WHAT WE SHALL DO WITH OUR WEALTH OF LABOUR POWER
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