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But such acts of miserly folly are just what our present society is doing daily under the compulsion of a supposed necessity, which is nothing short of madness. I beg you to bring your commission of lunacy against civilization without more delay. BUT SUCH ACTS OF MISERLY FOLLY ARE JUST WHAT OUR PRESENT SOCIETY IS DOING DAILY UNDER THE COMPULSION OF A SUPPOSED NECESSITY WHICH IS NOTHING SHORT OF MADNESS I BEG YOU TO BRING YOUR COMMISSION OF LUNACY AGAINST CIVILIZATION WITHOUT MORE DELAY
o his labour, has now become an extra burden to him, and ornament is now but one of the follies of useless toil, and perhaps not the least irksome of its fetters. Besides the short duration of labour, its conscious usefulness, and the variety which should go with it, there is another thing needed to make it attractive, and that is pleasant surroundings. The misery and squalor which we people of civilization bear with so much complacency as a necessary part of the manufacturing system, is just as necessary to the community at large as a proportionate amount of filth would be in the house of a private rich man. If such a man were to allow the cinders to be raked all over his drawing-room, and a privy to be established in each corner of his dining-room, if he habitually made a dust and refuse heap of his once beautiful garden, never washed his sheets or changed his tablecloth, and made his family sleep five in a bed, he would surely find himself in the claws of a commission _de lunatico_. AS ONCE A SOLACE TO HIS LABOUR HAS NOW BECOME AN EXTRA BURDEN TO HIM AND ORNAMENT IS NOW BUT ONE OF THE FOLLIES OF USELESS TOIL AND PERHAPS NOT THE LEAST IRKSOME OF ITS FETTERS BESIDES THE SHORT DURATION OF LABOUR ITS CONSCIOUS USEFULNESS AND THE VARIETY WHICH SHOULD GO WITH IT THERE IS ANOTHER THING NEEDED TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE AND THAT IS PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS THE MISERY AND SQUALOR WHICH WE PEOPLE OF CIVILIZATION BEAR WITH SO MUCH COMPLACENCY AS A NECESSARY PART OF THE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM IS JUST AS NECESSARY TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AS A PROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF FILTH WOULD BE IN THE HOUSE OF A PRIVATE RICH MAN IF SUCH A MAN WERE TO ALLOW THE CINDERS TO BE RAKED ALL OVER HIS DRAWING ROOM AND A PRIVY TO BE ESTABLISHED IN EACH CORNER OF HIS DINING ROOM IF HE HABITUALLY MADE A DUST AND REFUSE HEAP OF HIS ONCE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN NEVER WASHED HIS SHEETS OR CHANGED HIS TABLE CLOTH AND MADE HIS FAMILY SLEEP FIVE IN A BED HE WOULD SURELY FIND HIMSELF IN THE CLAWS OF A COMMISSION DE LUNATICO
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