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the mystical and undecipherable finger-post inscrip- 

 tion " cestidlechemindescmes"''* to the bewildered 

 gaze of the peasant. 



Thus, whenever and wherever on this earth three 

 men have been brought together, in what is called 

 the social state — that is, one to command, the second, 

 the office-holder to oversee the execution of com- 

 mands, and the third, the hewer of wood and drawer 

 of water, to do and to suffer, — ^poor humanity has re- 

 volted, and hence the ever-enduring, universal social 

 war, for a just distribution of nature's gifts. Yet 

 the solution of this problem, which has caused the 

 flow of oceans of blood and tears, is perhaps as simple 

 as that of artificial fecundation ; and possibly should 

 society and government devote to it ever so small a 

 part of its vast machinery of subjugation and repres- 

 sion, the mighty social problem would soon be re- 

 solved. 



For ever will the discovery of Gehin and Remy be 

 a fruitful fact for humanity ; one of the grandest dis- 

 coveries of ancient or modern times ; a discovery 

 which we place even above that of Leverrier : for, to be 

 like him, the philosopher, man must live, and they 

 find new and abundant means for existence. And 

 this we aver while signalling Leverrier's discovery as 

 the most brilliant evidence of the grasp and power of 

 the human mind. And even with this acknowledg- 

 ment, we would still put above his marvellous work 



* "This is the road for Asses."— 3V. 



