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Time passed, and little by little, step by step, he grew stronger, till now after all these ages he has almost completely conquered Nature, and one would think should now have leisure to turn his thoughts towards higher things than procuring to morrow's dinner. TIME PASSED AND LITTLE BY LITTLE STEP BY STEP HE GREW STRONGER TILL NOW AFTER ALL THESE AGES HE HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY CONQUERED NATURE AND ONE WOULD THINK SHOULD NOW HAVE LEISURE TO TURN HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS HIGHER THINGS THAN PROCURING TO MORROW'S DINNER
st fulfilled the real uses of the consumers, would labour be set to make; for profit being abolished, people could have what they wanted, instead of what the profit-grinders at home and abroad forced them to take. For what I want you to understand is this: that in every civilized country at least there is plenty for all—is, or at any rate might be. Even with labour so misdirected as it is at present, an equitable distribution of the wealth we have would make all people comparatively comfortable; but that is nothing to the wealth we might have if labour were not misdirected. Observe, in the early days of the history of man he was the slave of his most immediate necessities; Nature was mighty and he was feeble, and he had to wage constant war with her for his daily food and such shelter as he could get. His life was bound down and limited by this constant struggle; all his morals, laws, religion, are in fact the outcome and the reflection of this ceaseless toil of earning his livelihood. SE BUT SUCH GOODS AS BEST FULFILL THE REAL USES OF THE CONSUMERS WOULD LABOUR BE SET TO MAKE FOR PROFIT BEING ABOLISHED PEOPLE COULD HAVE WHAT THEY WANTED INSTEAD OF WHAT THE PROFIT GRINDERS AT HOME AND ABROAD FORCED THEM TO TAKE FOR WHAT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND IS THIS THAT IN EVERY CIVILIZED COUNTRY AT LEAST THERE IS PLENTY FOR ALL IS OR AT ANY RATE MIGHT BE EVEN WITH LABOUR SO MISDIRECTED AS IT IS AT PRESENT AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WEALTH WE HAVE WOULD MAKE ALL PEOPLE COMPARATIVELY COMFORTABLE BUT THAT IS NOTHING TO THE WEALTH WE MIGHT HAVE IF LABOUR WERE NOT MISDIRECTED OBSERVE IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE HISTORY OF MAN HE WAS THE SLAVE OF HIS MOST IMMEDIATE NECESSITIES NATURE WAS MIGHTY AND HE WAS FEEBLE AND HE HAD TO WAIT CONSTANT WAR WITH HER FOR HIS DAILY FOOD AND SUCH SHELTER AS HE COULD GET HIS LIFE WAS BOUND DOWN AND LIMITED BY THIS CONSTANT STRUGGLE ALL HIS MORALS LAW RELIGION ARE IN FACT THE OUTCOME AND THE REFLECTION OF THIS CEASELESS TOIL OF EARNING HIS LIVELIHOOD
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