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We must begin to build up the ornamental part of life—its pleasures, bodily and mental, scientific and artistic, social and individual—on the basis of work undertaken willingly and cheerfully, with the consciousness of benefiting ourselves and our neighbours by it. WE MUST BEGIN TO BUILD UP THE ORNAMENTAL PART OF LIFE ITS PLEASURES BODILY AND MENTAL SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC SOCIAL AND INDIVIDUAL ON THE BASIS OF WORK UNDERTAKEN WILLINGLY AND CHEERFULLY WITH THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF BENEFITING OURSELVES AND OUR NEIGHBORS BY IT
ed by the present hierarchy of compulsion is withdrawn, is a fear which is but generated by the burden of excessive and repulsive labour, which we most of us have to bear at present. I say once more that, in my belief, the first thing which we shall think so necessary as to be worth sacrificing some idle time for, will be the attractiveness of labour. No very heavy sacrifice will be required for attaining this object, but some _will_ be required. For we may hope that men who have just waded through a period of strife and revolution will be the last to put up long with a life of mere utilitarianism, though Socialists are sometimes accused by ignorant persons of aiming at such a life. On the other hand, the ornamental part of modern life is already rotten to the core, and must be utterly swept away before the new order of things is realized. There is nothing of it—there is nothing which could come of it that could satisfy the aspirations of men set free from the tyranny of commercialism.  THE FORCE SUPPLIED BY THE PRESENT HIERARCHY OF COMPULSION IS WITHDRAWN IS A FEAR WHICH IS BUT GENERATED BY THE BURDEN OF EXCESSIVE AND REPULSIVE LABOUR WHICH WE MOST OF US HAVE TO BEAR AT PRESENT I SAY ONCE MORE THAT IN MY BELIEF THE FIRST THING WHICH WE SHALL THINK SO NECESSARY AS TO BE WORTH SACRIFICING SOME IDLE TIME FOR WILL BE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF LABOUR NO VERY HEAVY SACRIFICE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ATTAINING THIS OBJECT BUT SOME WILL BE REQUIRED FOR WE MAY HOPE THAT MEN WHO HAVE JUST WADED THROUGH A PERIOD OF STRIFE AND REVOLUTION WILL BE THE LAST TO PUT UP LONG WITH A LIFE OF MERE UTILITARIANISM THOUGH SOCIALISTS ARE SOMETIMES ACCUSED BY IGNORANT PERSONS OF AIMING AT SUCH A LIFE ON THE OTHER HAND THE ORNAMENTAL PART OF MODERN LIFE IS ALREADY ROTTEN TO THE CORE AND MUST BE UTTERLY SWEPT AWAY BEFORE THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS IS REALIZED THERE IS NOTHING OF IT THERE IS NOTHING WHICH COULD COME OF IT THAT COULD SATISFY THE ASPIRATIONS OF MEN SET FREE FROM THE TYRANNY OF COMMERCIALISM
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