rnment in the industrial as in the political
world.--_Charles H. Vail._

Socialism says that man, machinery and land must be brought
together; that the toll gates of capitalism must be torn down,
and that every human being's opportunity to produce the means
with which to sustain life shall be considered as sacred as
his right to live.--_Allan L. Benson._

Socialism means that all those things upon which the people in
common depend shall by the people in common be owned and
administered. It means that the tools of employment shall
belong to their creators and users; that all production shall
be for the direct use of the producers; that the making of
goods for profit shall come to an end; that we shall all be
workers together; and that all opportunities shall be open and
equal to all men.--_National Platform of the Socialist Party,
1904._

Socialism does not consist in violently seizing upon the
property of the rich and sharing it out amongst the poor.

Socialism is not a wild dream of a happy land where the apples
will drop off the trees into our open mouths, the fish come
out of the rivers and fry themselves for dinner, and the looms
turn out ready-made suits of velvet with golden buttons
without the trouble of coaling the engine. Neither is it a
dream of a nation of stained-glass angels, who never say damn,
who always love their neighbors better than themselves, and
who never need to work unless they wish to.--_Robert
Blatchford._

By this time, friend Jonathan, you have, I hope, got rid of the notion
that Socialism is a ready-made scheme of society which a few wise men
have planned, and which their followers are trying to get adopted. I
have spent some time and effort trying to make it perfectly plain to
you that great social changes are not brought about in that fashion.

Socialism then, is a philosophy of human progress, a theory of social
evolution, the main outlines of which I have already sketched for you.
Because the subject is treated at much greater length in some of the
books I have asked you to read, it is not necessary for me to
elaborate the theory. It will be sufficient, probably, for me to
restate, in a very few words, the main principles of that theory:

The present social system throughout the civilized world is not the
result of deliberately copying some plan devised by wise men. It is
t