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To my mind, these hopes are inseparably bound up with 

 the dignity of mankind its capacity for self-respect, 

 its worthiness in every sense, its elevation of thought, 

 bearing and conduct. 



The next attribute of the New Earth is workmanship. 

 It is not to be like the slovenly industry I have often 

 seen on many farms that so evidently belonged to the 

 Old Earth where pride of workmanship was wholly 

 absent. 



Pride and Dignity these are twin sisters. I mean 

 the kind of pride that springs from worthiness, that 

 scorns things mean and low, and most of all scorns 

 them in ourselves. 



The New Earth is to be the object of loving care 

 as much as our children. It begets a new spirit that is 

 born of ownership, of the thought that here on this 

 spot of land I will rear a family roof tree; that here 

 my children will come in future years, and after them 

 their children, and their children's children; and that 

 thus the generations that trace back to me will enjoy 

 the shade of my planting, the shelter raised by my 

 thoughtful care for the future. Could anything so 

 elevate, so dignify, the labor of the pioneer? Could 

 anything so invest it with a skill and a forethought sur- 

 passing all human skill and forethought and reflecting 

 the Divine Intelligence? 



Beyond the individual and family life lies the life 

 of the community. It is here I see the widest possibili- 

 ties of the New Earth. It is here that the manifestation 

 of Love will be highest because it loses much of its 

 selfishness in the thought of the Common Good. 



In my own experience I was often disappointed in 



