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twelve parts, of which five parts are due to labour, four to 

 capital, and three to talent. The apartments are to be of 

 various prices, and the styles ot living to vary in luxury and 

 cost; but the poorest person in the association is not only to 

 be secure of comfort, but his minimum of enjoyments will 

 be greater than the present social arrangements can give to 

 princes and millionaires; while these will have opened to them 

 pleasures of which they can now scarcely have a conception. 

 The economies of the large scale in the phalanstery reduce by 

 two-thirds the expenses of living, while an attractive and scien- 

 tific industry would quadruple the products of civilisation. 



" The passions of the human soul to which the system of 

 Fourier would give full scope, he described as the five sensitive 

 sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch; four affective friendship, 

 love, ambition, and paternity; three distributive the emula- 

 tive, alternating, and composite. In these he found the springs 

 of industry and true society. Emulation, the desire of success, 

 honours, rewards, is the great stimulant to exertion ; alternation 

 of employments makes work a recreation; and the composite 

 passion requires combinations of charm and enjoyments which 

 only association can give." 



It is probable that some modification of this system would 

 be found best adapted to the character, habits, and conditions 

 of the English people. Every great estate is a domain ready 

 prepared for such an association. The castles and noble man- 

 sions scattered over the country, such as some noblemen own 

 by dozens, and keep up in useless grandeur, need but a little 

 expansion and adaptation to make them suitable phalansteries. 

 In the organisation of an association, the domain and buildings 

 would go in as so many shares of the stock ; every tenant far- 

 mer could put in his capital, stock, and tools ; and those who 

 could give nothing else, would contribute their labour as now. 

 First of all, every one would have shelter, clothing, food, the 

 minimum of a comfortable subsistence, in the best conditions 



