The cultivation of man, according to the teachings of common-sense : being a treatise on the application to man of the laws that he applies to all other creatures / by Charles A. Witchell.

  • Witchell, Charles A., -1907.
Date:
1904
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    temperance question, has so many powerful champions. These mighty men will not readily see the poor man robbed of his beer. For the starving man will accept a starvation wage, and that means much to his employer. Our present conditions, conducing to the accumu¬ lation of wealth in the hands of the few, and the sharpening of the pangs of hunger in the stomachs of the many, tend neither to truth nor to love, but rather to hate and falsehood. In the kingdom of truth and love, therefore, provision must be made against such unfortunate influences. It is often pointed out that the present strenuous necessities of the multitude are productive of all the cheap and convenient variety of the comforts the mass of the people can enjoy. But it may be urged against this argument that all the present comforts of the crowd might be attained, with far less effort and none of the cruelty now prevalent, were it not that the workers have to devote their toil in great part to the unnecessaries of the rich. In a properly ordered State frenzied toil is not a necessity; but where extravagant and useless luxury is permitted, there must be the toil to provide it. Where are love and truth here ? Our world is no place for either, and will carefully eliminate them, if the present conditions are not interrupted. For love and truth clo not pay. How, then, should a State be ordered so that these divine essentials to peace might flourish there ? Firstly, the profit of falsehood must be removed. This can only be effected by the giving of those things for which men now lie and hate as a reward for other sentiment and action. Private ownership must cease ; private temporary enjoyment may continue, but limited