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in those who dedicate themselves to the investiga- 

 tion of truth. 



I am also impelled to hasten this publication by 

 the desire of presenting the vision of this ideal 

 world to the minds of those whose exaltation leads 

 them to extremes. 



I prosecute this attempt, to show that this world, 

 hitherto sunk in sleep, can be stirred by other 

 shocks than those of violence. I want to call the 

 attention of the investigators of the solution of the 

 knotty social problem, that they may note how 

 Nature herself offers a sure and expeditious road 

 by which the highest ideals have ready access, are 

 legitimatised and developed. 



The social question has one solution. Who can 

 doubt it ? I know that this will seem Utopian to 

 most people, but I turn to men devoid of prejudice, 

 who are concerned for human misery and the fate 

 of those who hunger and thirst for justice, I address 

 those who wish to bring consolation and hope to 

 the pariahs of life, and I tell them that, if not they, 

 their children, will dwell in this anxiously looked 

 for land of promise. To those who are seriously 

 occupied with this question 1 may be allowed to 

 say that the solution of the social problem is contained 

 in the law of evolution. 



I also hasten to publish these notes because in 



