labor! In the variety of
self-chosen, self-directed, co-operative, productive labor, is found
life's greatest blessing.

"Organized, unselfish co-operation, will teach the people to appreciate
the dignity, and the true nobility of labor. From it, they will learn
that labor, however simple or insignificant, is far nobler than any kind
of enervating idleness; no matter how much that idleness may be gilded
by the varnish of honor! Godin says: 'A day's work well done, is worth
more than a whole existence of inactivity!'

"Labor develops the possibilities of life! It is the effective
instrument which makes possible the progress of nations, the
emancipation of peoples! The labor of passing ages has evolved a fund of
ideas, best adapted to guide humanity towards a true interpretation of
the object and purpose of human life.

"Labor will cease to be a burden, when man comprehends its true mission.
Stripped of its drudgery, released from the harness of toil and the spur
of necessity, the brightness of the blessing of labor shines forth
resplendent. In the halo of this radiant truth, can anyone be guilty of
a blasphemy, which degrades labor to the penalty of a punishment.

"The question of politics is intimately associated with the question of
labor. The science of politics, is the science of life. Government, is
its expression. Self-government by the individual, is its keynote. The
study of this science should be pursued by all classes, with the
enthusiasm born of a religious zeal. A few of its most important
principles may be found embodied in the following propositions. If we
wish to be able to take an interest in moral life; we must first satisfy
the demands of physical life. If we wish to practice justice, we must
first learn the law of Right and Duty; that is, in striving to satisfy
our own material wants, we must learn how to protect the rights of
others. We must remember, that they too are toiling for the same
purpose.

"In order to protect the welfare of each political unit, these
principles must form the basis of all scientific politics. In the social
units evolved by co-operative life, these conditions are embodied and
expressed. In them, we shall find the basis upon which to build a grand,
social, industrial and political organization. An organization, which
shall truly represent Liberty and Justice; which, in its expression as
a whole, shall be the government of the New Republic!

"Co-operation is the foe of