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Amongst these Fourier is the one that calls for most attention: since his doctrine of the necessity and possibility of making labour attractive is one which Socialism can by no means do without. AMONGST THESE FOURIER IS THE ONE THAT CALLS FOR MOST ATTENTION SINCE HIS DOCTRINE OF THE NECESSITY AND POSSIBILITY OF MAKING LABOR ATTRACTIVE IS ONE WHICH SOCIALISM CAN BY NO MEANS DO WITHOUT
ction in this country other than what was made by the rags and cast clothes of feudalism, which in a perfunctory manner they still attacked. There was no sign of revolutionary feeling in England twenty years ago: the middle class were so rich that they had no need to hope for anything—but a heaven which they did not believe in: the well-to-do working men did not hope, since they were not pinched and had no means of learning their degraded position: and lastly, the drudges of the proletariat had such hope as charity, the hospital, the workhouse, and kind death at last could offer them. In this stock-jobbers’ heaven let us leave our dear countrymen for a little, while I say a few words about the affairs of the people on the continent of Europe. Things were not quite so smooth for the fleecer there: Socialist thinkers and writers had arisen about the same time as Robert Owen; St. Simon, Proudhon, Fourier and his followers kept up the traditions of hope in the midst of a _bourgeois_ world. E WAS ANY CLASS DISTINCTION IN THIS COUNTRY OTHER THAN WHAT WAS MADE BY THE RAGS AND CAST CLOTHES OF FEUDALISM WHICH IN A PERFUNCTORY MANNER THEY STILL ATTACKED THERE WAS NO SIGN OF REVOLUTIONARY FEELING IN ENGLAND TWENTY YEARS AGO THE MIDDLE CLASS WAS SO RICH THAT THEY HAD NO NEED TO HOPE FOR ANYTHING BUT A HEAVEN WHICH THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IN THE WELL TO DO WORKING MEN DID NOT HOPE SINCE THEY WERE NOT PINCHED AND HAD NO MEANS OF LEARNING THEIR DEGRADED POSITION AND LASTLY THE DRUDGES OF THE PROLETARIAT HAD SUCH HOPE AS CHARITY THE HOSPITAL THE WORKHOUSE AND KIND DEATH AT LAST COULD OFFER THEM IN THIS STOCKED UP AS HEAVEN LET US LEAVE OUR DEAR COUNTRYMEN FOR A LITTLE WHILE I SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE THINGS WERE NOT QUITE SO SMOOTH FOR THE FLEECER THERE SOCIALIST THINKERS AND WRITERS HAD ARISEN ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS ROBERT OWN SAINT SIMON PRUDENT FOURIER AND HIS FOLLOWERS KEPT UP THE TRADITIONS OF HOPE IN THE MIDST OF A BOURGEOIS WORLD
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