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remember no past, take thought for no morrow ; yet 

 are they not happier — if they can feel happiness — tlian 

 the richest of human beings ? For what belongs to 

 one belongs to all. None is rich, none is poor ; all 

 enjoy an equal share, none can despise its neighbour's 

 poverty, none envy its neighbour's wealth. Nor, since 

 they all toil in a common field, is there that jealous com- 

 petition in different spheres which amongst humanity 

 divides class from class to set up barriers of envy and 

 discontent. Having no forethought they feel no 

 cares, having no ambitions they experience no regrets. 

 Their life is one of industry, their lot of endless toil. 

 They strive to earn a livelihood in which each will 

 gain its just share, but oblivious to all those stings and 

 sorrows which darken the mind of man as he looks 

 forward or backward on the troubled road of life. 



