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Butwouldthisalonebeasufficientsafeguard？Toeducatetheintelligenceistoenlargethehorizonofitsdesiresandwants。Anditiswellthatthisshouldbeso。Buttheenterprisemustgodeeperandpreparethewayforsatisfyingthosedesiresandwantsinsofarastheyarelegitimate。Whatisreallyominousofdangertotheexistingorderofthingsisnotdemocracy（which，properlyunderstood，isaconservativeforce），buttheSocialism，whichmayfindafulcruminit。Ifwecannotequalizeconditionsandfortunesanymorethanwecanequalizethebrainsofmen-andaverysagaciouspersonhassaidthat"wheretwomenrideofahorseonemustridebehind"-wecanyet，perhaps，dosomethingtocorrectthosemethodsandinfluencesthatleadtoenormousinequalities，andtopreventtheirgrowingmoreenormous。Itisallverywelltopooh-poohMr。Georgeandtoprovehimmistakeninhispoliticaleconomy。

Idonotbelievethatlandshouldbedividedbecausethequantityofitislimitedbynature。Ofwhatmaythisnotbesaid？Afortiori，wemightonthesameprincipleinsistonadivisionofhumanwit，forIhaveobservedthatthequantityofthishasbeenevenmoreinconvenientlylimited。Mr。Georgehimselfhasaninequitablylargeshareofit。Butheisrightinhisimpellingmotive；right，also，Iamconvinced，ininsistingthathumanitymakesapart，byfarthemostimportantpart，ofpoliticaleconomy；andinthinkingmantobeofmoreconcernandmoreconvincingthanthelongestcolumnsoffiguresintheworld。

Forunlessyouincludehumannatureinyouraddition，yourtotalissuretobewrongandyourdeductionsfromitfallacious。Communismmeansbarbarism，butSocialismmeans，orwishestomean，cooperationandcommunityofinterests，sympathy，thegivingtothehandsnotsolargeashareastothebrains，butalargersharethanhithertointhewealththeymustcombinetoproduce-means，inshort，thepracticalapplicationofChristianitytolife，andhasinitthesecretofanorderlyandbenignreconstruction。StateSocialismwouldcutofftheveryrootsinpersonalcharacter-self-help，forethought，andfrugality-whichnourishandsustainthetrunkandbranchesofeveryvigorousCommonwealth。

ConcludingRemarksIdonotbelieveinviolentchanges，nordoIexpectthem。Thingsinpossessionhaveaveryfirmgrip。Oneofthestrongestcementsofsocietyistheconvictionofmankindthatthestateofthingsintowhichtheyarebornisapartoftheorderoftheuniverse，asnatural，letussay，asthatthesunshouldgoroundtheearth。Itisaconvictionthattheywillnotsurrenderexceptoncompulsion，andawisesocietyshouldlooktoitthatthiscompulsionbenotputuponthem。

Fortheindividualmanthereisnoradicalcure，outsideofhumannatureitself，fortheevilstowhichhumannatureisheir。Therulewillalwaysholdgoodthatyoumust"Beyourownpalaceortheworld"syourgaol。"

Butforartificialevils，forevilsthatspringfromwantofthought，thoughtmustfindaremedysomewhere。Therehasbeennoperiodoftimeinwhichwealthhasbeenmoresensibleofitsdutiesthannow。Itbuildshospitals，itestablishesmissionsamongthepoor，itendowsschools。Itisoneoftheadvantagesofaccumulatedwealth，andoftheleisureitrenderspossible，thatpeoplehavetimetothinkofthewantsandsorrowsoftheirfellows。Butalltheseremediesarepartialandpalliativemerely。Itisasifweshouldapplyplasterstoasinglepustuleofthesmall-poxwithaviewofdrivingoutthedisease。

Thetruewayistodiscoverandtoextirpatethegerms。Associetyisnowconstitutedtheseareintheairitbreathes，inthewateritdrinks，inthingsthatseem，andwhichithasalwaysbelieved，tobethemostinnocentandhealthful。Theevilelementsitneglectscorrupttheseintheirspringsandpollutethemintheircourses。

Letusbeofgoodcheer，however，rememberingthatthemisfortuneshardesttobeararethosewhichnevercome。Theworldhasoutlivedmuch，andwilloutliveagreatdealmore，andmenhavecontrivedtobehappyinit。Ithasshownthestrengthofitsconstitutioninnothingmorethaninsurvivingthequackmedicinesithastried。Inthescalesofthedestiniesbrawnwillneverweighsomuchasbrain。Ourhealingisnotinthestormorinthewhirlwind，itisnotinmonarchies，oraristocracies，ordemocracies，butwillberevealedbythestillsmallvoicethatspeakstotheconscienceandtheheart，promptingustoawiderandwiserhumanity。