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What are we to do, then? Stand by and look on? Not exactly. Yet we may look on other people doing their work while we do ours. They are already beginning, as I have said, to stumble about with attempts at State Socialism. Let them make their experiments and blunders, and prepare the way for us by so doing. WHAT ARE WE TO DO THEN STAND BY AND LOOK ON NOT EXACTLY YET WE MAY LOOK ON OTHER PEOPLE DOING THEIR WORK WHILE WE DO OURS THEY ARE ALREADY BEGINNING AS I HAVE SAID TO STUMBLE ABOUT WITH ATTEMPTS AT STATE SOCIALISM LET THEM MAKE THEIR EXPERIMENTS AND BLUNDERS AND PREPARE THE WAY FOR US BY SO DOING
ing a very formidable power, and becoming so by dint of its long remaining a sect. So I think it is quite possible that Socialism will remain a sect till the very eve of the last stroke that completes the revolution, after which it will melt into the new Society. And is it not sects, bodies of definite, uncompromising principles, that lead us into revolutions? Was it not so in the Cromwellian times? Nay, have not the Fenian sect, even in our own days, made Home Rule possible? They may give birth to parties, though not parties themselves. And what should a sect like we are have to do in the parliamentary struggle—we who have an ideal to keep always before ourselves and others, and who cannot accept compromise; who can see nothing that can give us rest for a minute save the emancipation of labour, which will be brought about by the workers gaining possession of all the means of the fructification of labour; and who, even when that is gained, shall have pure Communism ahead to strive for?  HAVE HEARD OF ONE BECOMING A VERY FORMIDABLE POWER AND BECOMING SO BY DINT OF ITS LONG REMAINING A SECT SO I THINK IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT SOCIALISM WILL REMAIN A SECT TILL THE VERY EVE OF THE LAST STROKE THAT COMPLETES THE REVOLUTION AFTER WHICH IT WILL MELT INTO THE NEW SOCIETY AND IS IT NOT SECTS BODIES OF DEFINITE UNCOMPROMISING PRINCIPLES THAT LEAD US INTO REVOLUTIONS WAS IT NOT SO IN THE CROMWELLIAN TIMES NAY HAVE NOT THE FENIAN SECT EVEN IN OUR OWN DAYS MADE HOME RULE POSSIBLE THEY MAY GIVE BIRTH TO PARTIES THOUGH NOT PARTIES THEMSELVES AND WHAT SHOULD A SECT LIKE WE ARE HAVE TO DO IN THE PARLIAMENTARY STRUGGLE WE WHO HAVE AN IDEAL TO KEEP ALWAYS BEFORE OURSELVES AND OTHERS AND WHO CANNOT ACCEPT COMPROMISE WHO CAN SEE NOTHING THAT CAN GIVE US REST FOR A MINUTE SAVE THE EMANCIPATION OF LABOR WHICH WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE WORKERS GAINING POSSESSION OF ALL THE MEANS OF THE FRUCTIFICATION OF LABOR AND WHO EVEN WHEN THAT IS GAINED SHALL HAVE PURE COMMUNISM AHEAD TO STRIVE FOR
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