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for health, and a reasonable enjoyment of life. The proceeds 

 of industry would then be divided according to labour, skill, 

 and capital invested, upon the most equitable system that 

 could be devised; and with the economies of the large scale, 

 the zeal, enthusiasm, and energy of combined labour the 

 employment of labour-saving machinery and scientific methods 

 of agriculture, expenditure would be so diminished and produc- 

 tion so increased, that while the reward of the simple labourer 

 would be doubled or trebled, the general increase of wealth 

 would be far greater than it can be with our present modes of 

 industry and expenditure. 



And every such association would have its educational, 

 artistic, and social advantages, beyond what we can imagine. 

 There would be occupation for every talent; gratification for 

 every taste. Music, painting, the drama, and eloquence would 

 be cultivated, and not only would individual compete with 

 individual, but group with group, phalanx with phalanx. Every 

 association would of course have its library, reading-room, 

 theatre and concert-room, outdoor and indoor amusements and 

 recreations; and the constant interchange of visits, especially 

 of the most accomplished artists of different associations, would 

 be an endless source of interest and improvement. 



If one such association were formed as carefully as it ought 

 for a trial so important, and under such leadership as could be 

 desired, and should succeed as every one can see that it ought 

 to succeed, similar associations would be rapidly formed until 

 the whole country crystallised into a new and beautiful social 

 order, with but little injury to any existing interest, and with 

 great advantage to every class of society. 



The social organisation of towns has its own difficulties, 

 being much less natural in its character than that of agricultural 

 districts. As the land produces the greater part of our food 

 and clothing, and may produce all the necessaries of life, while 

 its cultivation is a labour of love a healthful, varied, interest- 



