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Variety of work is the next point, and a most important one. To compel a man to do day after day the same task, without any hope of escape or change, means nothing short of turning his life into a prison torment. VARIETY OF WORK IS THE NEXT POINT AND A MOST IMPORTANT ONE TO COMPEL A MAN TO DO DAY AFTER DAY THE SAME TASK WITHOUT ANY HOPE OF ESCAPE OR CHANGE MEANS NOTHING SHORT OF TURNING HIS LIFE INTO A PRISON TORMENT
while all Socialists will agree with many of the suggestions made, some of them may seem to some strange and venturesome. These must be considered as being given without any intention of dogmatizing, and as merely expressing my own personal opinion. From all that has been said already it follows that labour, to be attractive, must be directed towards some obviously useful end, unless in cases where it is undertaken voluntarily by each individual as a pastime. This element of obvious usefulness is all the more to be counted on in sweetening tasks otherwise irksome, since social morality, the responsibility of man towards the life of man, will, in the new order of things, take the place of theological morality, or the responsibility of man to some abstract idea. Next, the day’s work will be short. This need not be insisted on. It is clear that with work unwasted it _can_ be short. It is clear also that much work which is now a torment, would be easily endurable if it were much shortened. S QUESTION I KNOW THAT WHILE ALL SOCIALISTS WILL AGREE WITH MANY OF THE SUGGESTIONS MADE SOME OF THEM MAY SEEM TO SOME STRANGE AND VENTURESOME THESE MUST BE CONSIDERED AS BEING GIVEN WITHOUT ANY INTENTION OF DOGMATIZING AND AS MERELY EXPRESSING MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION FROM ALL THAT HAS BEEN SAID ALREADY IT FOLLOWS THAT LABOUR TO BE ATTRACTIVE MUST BE DIRECTED TOWARDS SOME OBVIOUSLY USEFUL END UNLESS IN CASES WHERE IT IS UNDERTAKEN VOLUNTARILY BY EACH INDIVIDUAL AS A PASTIME THIS ELEMENT OF OBVIOUS USEFULNESS IS ALL THE MORE TO BE COUNTED ON IN SWEETENING TASKS OTHERWISE IRKSOME SINCE SOCIAL MORALITY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN TOWARDS THE LIFE OF MAN WILL IN THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS TAKE THE PLACE OF THEOLOGICAL MORALITY OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MAN TO SOME ABSTRACT IDEA NEXT THE DAY'S WORK WILL BE SHORT THIS NEED NOT BE INSISTED ON IT IS CLEAR THAT WITH WORK UNWASTED IT CAN BE SHORT IT IS CLEAR ALSO THAT MUCH WORK WHICH IS NOW A TORMENT WOULD BE EASILY ENDURABLE IF IT WERE MUCH SHORTENED
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