Butwouldthisalonebeasufficientsafeguard?Toeducatetheintelligenceistoenlargethehorizonofitsdesiresandwants。Anditiswellthatthisshouldbeso。Buttheenterprisemustgodeeperandpreparethewayforsatisfyingthosedesiresandwantsinsofarastheyarelegitimate。Whatisreallyominousofdangertotheexistingorderofthingsisnotdemocracy(which,properlyunderstood,isaconservativeforce),buttheSocialism,whichmayfindafulcruminit。Ifwecannotequalizeconditionsandfortunesanymorethanwecanequalizethebrainsofmen-andaverysagaciouspersonhassaidthat\"wheretwomenrideofahorseonemustridebehind\"-wecanyet,perhaps,dosomethingtocorrectthosemethodsandinfluencesthatleadtoenormousinequalities,andtopreventtheirgrowingmoreenormous。Itisallverywelltopooh-poohMr。Georgeandtoprovehimmistakeninhispoliticaleconomy。
Idonotbelievethatlandshouldbedividedbecausethequantityofitislimitedbynature。Ofwhatmaythisnotbesaid?Afortiori,wemightonthesameprincipleinsistonadivisionofhumanwit,forIhaveobservedthatthequantityofthishasbeenevenmoreinconvenientlylimited。Mr。Georgehimselfhasaninequitablylargeshareofit。Butheisrightinhisimpellingmotive;right,also,Iamconvinced,ininsistingthathumanitymakesapart,byfarthemostimportantpart,ofpoliticaleconomy;andinthinkingmantobeofmoreconcernandmoreconvincingthanthelongestcolumnsoffiguresintheworld。
Forunlessyouincludehumannatureinyouraddition,yourtotalissuretobewrongandyourdeductionsfromitfallacious。Communismmeansbarbarism,butSocialismmeans,orwishestomean,cooperationandcommunityofinterests,sympathy,thegivingtothehandsnotsolargeashareastothebrains,butalargersharethanhithertointhewealththeymustcombinetoproduce-means,inshort,thepracticalapplicationofChristianitytolife,andhasinitthesecretofanorderlyandbenignreconstruction。StateSocialismwouldcutofftheveryrootsinpersonalcharacter-self-help,forethought,andfrugality-whichnourishandsustainthetrunkandbranchesofeveryvigorousCommonwealth。
ConcludingRemarksIdonotbelieveinviolentchanges,nordoIexpectthem。Thingsinpossessionhaveaveryfirmgrip。Oneofthestrongestcementsofsocietyistheconvictionofmankindthatthestateofthingsintowhichtheyarebornisapartoftheorderoftheuniverse,asnatural,letussay,asthatthesunshouldgoroundtheearth。Itisaconvictionthattheywillnotsurrenderexceptoncompulsion,andawisesocietyshouldlooktoitthatthiscompulsionbenotputuponthem。
Fortheindividualmanthereisnoradicalcure,outsideofhumannatureitself,fortheevilstowhichhumannatureisheir。Therulewillalwaysholdgoodthatyoumust\"Beyourownpalaceortheworld\'syourgaol。\"