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irrational, unnatural and absurd. This educational task is at
the present time the main work that the mass of Socialists
have before them. Most other possibilities wait upon that
enlargement of the general circle of ideas. It is a work that
every one can help forward in some measure, by talk and
discussion, by the distribution of literature, by writing and
speaking in public, by subscribing to propagandist
organizations.

And THIRDLY, there is the actual changing of practical things
in the direction of the coming Socialized State, the actual
socialization, bit by bit and more and more completely, of the
land, of the means of production, of education and child
welfare, of insurance and the food supply, the realization, in
fact, of that great design which the intellectual process of
Socialism is continually making more beautiful, attractive and
worthy. Now this third group of activities is necessarily
various and divergent, and at every point the conscious and
confessed Socialist will find himself co-operating with
partial or unintentional Socialists, with statesmen and
officials, with opportunist philanthropists, with trade
unionists, with religious bodies and religious teachers, with
educationists, with scientific and medical specialists, with
every sort of public-spirited person. He should never lose an
opportunity of explaining to such people how necessarily they
are Socialists, but he should never hesitate to work with them
because they refuse the label. For in the house of Socialism
as in the house of God, there are many mansions.

These are the three main channels for Socialist effort, thought,
propaganda and practical social and political effort, and between them
they afford opportunity for almost every type of intelligent human
being. One may bring leisure, labour, gifts, money, reputation,
influence to the service of Socialism; there is ample use for them
all. There is work to be done for this idea, from taking tickets at a
doorway and lending a drawing-room for a meeting, to facing death,
impoverishment and sorrow for its sake.

Sec. 2.

Socialism is a moral and intellectual process, let me in conclusion
reiterate that. Only secondarily and incidentally does it sway the
world of politics. It is not a political movement; it may engender
political movements, but it can never become a political mo