ns. The work of the men
who build the walls and make the doors is just as necessary as the work
of the men who decorate the cornice. None of them would be of much use
without the architect, and the plans of the architect would come to
nothing, his building would be a mere castle in the air, if it were not
for the other workers. Each part of the work is equally necessary,
useful and indispensable if the building is to be perfected. Some of
these men work harder with their brains than with their hands and some
work harder with their hands than with their brains, BUT EACH ONE DOES
HIS FULL SHARE OF THE WORK. This truth will be recognized and acted
upon by those who build up and maintain the fabric of our Co-operative
Commonwealth. Every man who does his full share of the useful and
necessary work according to his abilities shall have his full share of
the total result. Herein will be its great difference from the present
system, under which it is possible for the cunning and selfish ones to
take advantage of the simplicity of others and rob them of part of the
fruits of their labour. As for those who will be engaged in the higher
branches, they will be sufficiently rewarded by being privileged to do
the work they are fitted for and enjoy. The only men and women who are
capable of good and great work of any kind are those who, being
naturally fit for it, love the work for its own sake and not for the
money it brings them. Under the present system, many men who have no
need of money produce great works, not for gain but for pleasure: their
wealth enables them to follow their natural inclinations. Under the
present system many men and women capable of great works are prevented
from giving expression to their powers by poverty and lack of
opportunity: they live in sorrow and die heartbroken, and the community
is the loser. These are the men and women who will be our artists,
sculptors, architects, engineers and captains of industry.
'Under the present system there are men at the head of affairs whose
only object is the accumulation of money. Some of them possess great
abilities and the system has practically compelled them to employ those
abilities for their own selfish ends to the hurt of the community.
Some of them have built up great fortunes out of the sweat and blood
and tears of men and women and little children. For those who delight
in such work as this, there will be no place in our Co-operative
Commonwea
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