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"This conservation will usher in a new era, of the means of gathering,
and of the higher uses of national wealth. A magnificent national fund,
accumulated for the benefit, education, refinement and enjoyment of all.
The swiftness of its accumulation and the magnitude of its billions,
will become the marvel of the world! By contrast, all former standards
of the wealth of nations, will fade and shrink to insignificance! Why
must this prove true? Because, under the beneficent reign of
co-operative equality, money, shorn of its power, would only be valued
for its use. The store of national wealth, being for the equal use and
benefit of every individual citizen; the incentive for its accumulation,
would inspire all alike. As a result, the people as a mass would enjoy
all the benefits of great wealth, minus its burdens, abuses, temptations
and dangers. In this, any one of them might be envied by the competitive
millionaires.
"Among the many lessons in addition to those enumerated, which the
Crusade must teach to the people; I would strongly emphasize the
following:
"That human life, as the flower and fruit of the planet--each individual
being a microcosm of the macrocosm--must always be held as the most
sacred and the most precious of all things. Because it is the object and
purpose, the beginning, the expression, the commandment and the
fulfillment of the law.
"That the law of life and the law of progress, are complements of each
other. Like twin sisters, they act as a bond between the systems of the
universe; they embrace all things, from an atom to the Infinite!
"That activity, is the expression of life! Necessity and glory, are the
two poles of human activity; its inspiration and its motor power!
"It is the evident purpose of natural law, that the activity of man
shall unceasingly produce for all, an abundance of the necessities,
comforts and luxuries of life.
"Ignorance, is the giant who bars the pathway of progress! Labor from
necessity, reigns as a rule, in all ages of ignorance! Misery and
poverty, are its children!
"Labor for glory, marks the age of enlightened progress, where all may
have an opportunity to express individuality, through their handiwork;
to taste the great joy, that comes with the consciousness of
participation in spontaneous, unselfish, intelligent activity, which
shall insure the reign of perpetual peace and plenty. In this, man's
conquest over matter, becomes the true glory of
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