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Well, I will now let my claims for decent life stand as I have made them. To sum them up in brief, they are: First, a healthy body; second, an active mind in sympathy with the past, the present, and the future; thirdly, occupation fit for a healthy body and an active mind; and fourthly, a beautiful world to live in. These are the conditions of life which the refined man of all ages has set before him as the thing above all others to be attained. WELL I WILL NOW LET MY CLAIMS FOR DECENT LIFE STAND AS I HAVE MADE THEM TO SUM THEM UP IN BRIEF THEY ARE FIRST A HEALTHY BODY SECOND AN ACTIVE MIND IN SYMPATHY WITH THE PAST THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE THIRDLY OCCUPATION FIT FOR A HEALTHY BODY AND AN ACTIVE MIND AND FOURTHLY A BEAUTIFUL WORLD TO LIVE IN THESE ARE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE WHICH THE REFINED MAN OF ALL AGES HAS SET BEFORE HIM AS THE THING ABOVE ALL OTHERS TO BE ATTAINED
ople will still be anxious about getting through the work necessary to holding society together; but that after a while they will find that there is not so much work to do as they expected, and that then they will have leisure to reconsider the whole subject; and if it seems to them that a certain industry would be carried on more pleasantly as regards the worker, and more effectually as regards the goods, by using hand-work rather than machinery, they will certainly get rid of their machinery, because it will be possible for them to do so. It isn’t possible now; we are not at liberty to do so; we are slaves to the monsters which we have created. And I have a kind of hope that the very elaboration of machinery in a society whose purpose is not the multiplication of labour, as it now is, but the carrying on of a pleasant life, as it would be under social order—that the elaboration of machinery, I say, will lead the simplification of life, and so once more to the limitation of machinery. UL PURPOSES BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL STILL BE ANXIOUS ABOUT GETTING THROUGH THE WORK NECESSARY TO HOLDING SOCIETY TOGETHER BUT THAT AFTER A WHILE THEY WILL FIND THAT THERE IS NOT SO MUCH WORK TO DO AS THEY EXPECTED AND THAT THEN THEY WILL HAVE LEISURE TO RECONSIDER THE WHOLE SUBJECT AND IF IT SEEMS TO THEM THAT A CERTAIN INDUSTRY WOULD BE CARRIED ON MORE PLEASANTLY AS REGARDS THE WORKER AND MORE EFFECTUALLY AS REGARDS THE GOODS BY USING HAND WORK RATHER THAN MACHINERY THEY WILL CERTAINLY GET RID OF THEIR MACHINERY BECAUSE IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO DO SO IT ISN'T POSSIBLE NOW WE ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO DO SO WE ARE SLAVES TO THE MONSTERS WE HAVE CREATED AND I HAVE A KIND OF HOPE THAT THE VERY ELABORATION OF MACHINERY IN A SOCIETY WHOSE PURPOSE IS NOT THE MULTIPLICATION OF LABOR AS IT NOW IS BUT THE CARRYING ON OF A PLEASANT LIFE AS IT WOULD BE UNDER SOCIAL ORDER THAT THE ELABORATION OF MACHINERY I SAY WILL LEAD TO THE SIMPLIFICATION OF LIFE AND SO ONCE MORE TO THE LIMITATION OF MACHINERY
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