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Railway lines had been laid over the whole 700 or 800 miles to facilitate my progress; bridges had been built, and tunnels made; an army of engineers, and guards, and signal men, and porters, and clerks were waiting to take charge of me, and to see to my comfort and safety. RAILWAY LINES HAD BEEN LAID OVER THE WHOLE SEVEN HUNDRED OR EIGHT HUNDRED MILES TO FACILITATE MY PROGRESS BRIDGES HAD BEEN BUILT AND TUNNELS MADE AN ARMY OF ENGINEERS AND GUARDS AND SIGNAL MEN AND PORTERS AND CLERKS WERE WAITING TO TAKE CHARGE OF ME AND TO SEE TO MY COMFORT AND SAFETY
he platform waiting for him. When men have nothing else to occupy their minds, they take to thinking. Having nothing better to do until B. arrived, I fell to musing. What a wonderful piece of Socialism modern civilisation has become!--not the Socialism of the so-called Socialists--a system modelled apparently upon the methods of the convict prison--a system under which each miserable sinner is to be compelled to labour, like a beast of burden, for no personal benefit to himself, but only for the good of the community--a world where there are to be no men, but only numbers--where there is to be no ambition and no hope and no fear,--but the Socialism of free men, working side by side in the common workshop, each one for the wage to which his skill and energy entitle him; the Socialism of responsible, thinking individuals, not of State-directed automata. Here was I, in exchange for the result of some of my labour, going to be taken by Society for a treat, to the middle of Europe and back. ND THEN PACED UP AND DOWN THE PLATFORM WAITING FOR HIM WHEN MEN HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO OCCUPY THEIR MINDS THEY TAKE TO THINKING HAVING NOTHING BETTER TO DO UNTIL B ARRIVED I FELL TO MUSING WHAT A WONDERFUL PIECE OF SOCIALISM MODERN CIVILIZATION HAS BECOME NOT THE SOCIALISM OF THE SO CALLED SOCIALISTS A SYSTEM MODELLED APPARENTLY UPON THE METHODS OF THE CONVICT PRISON A SYSTEM UNDER WHICH EACH MISERABLE SINNER IS TO BE COMPELLED TO LABOR LIKE A BEAST OF BURDEN FOR NO PERSONAL BENEFIT TO HIMSELF BUT ONLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY A WORLD WHERE THERE ARE TO BE NO MEN BUT ONLY NUMBERS WHERE THERE IS TO BE NO AMBITION AND NO HOPE AND NO FEAR BUT THE SOCIALISM OF FREE MEN WORKING SIDE BY SIDE IN THE COMMON WORKSHOP EACH ONE FOR THE WAGE TO WHICH HIS SKILL AND ENERGY ENTITLE HIM THE SOCIALISM OF RESPONSIBLE THINKING INDIVIDUALS NOT OF STATE DIRECTED AUTOMATTER HERE WAS I IN EXCHANGE FOR THE RESULT OF SOME OF MY LABOUR GOING TO BE TAKEN BY SOCIETY FOR A TREAT TO THE MIDDLE OF EUROPE AND BACK
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