struggle;thoutoo,accordingtothyfaculty,shaltreapinduetime,ifthoufaintnot。Thoushalthaveawisecommandofmen,thoushaltbewiselycommandedbymen,——thesummaryofallblessednessforasocialcreatureherebelow。Thesorestruggle,nevertoberelaxed,andnotforgiventoanysonofman,isoncemoreanobleone;glorytotheHighest,itisnowoncemoreatrueandnobleone,whereinamancanaffordtodie!OurpathisnowagainHeavenward。Forward,withsteadypace,withdrawnweapons,andunconquerablehearts,inthenameofGodthatmadeusall!——
Wiseobedienceandwisecommand,IforeseethattheregimentingofPauperBandittiintoSoldiersofIndustryisbutthebeginningofthisblessedprocess,whichwillextendtothetopmostheightsofourSociety;and,inthecourseofgenerations,makeusalloncemoreaGovernedCommonwealth,and_CivitasDei_,ifitpleaseGod!Waste-landIndustrialssucceedingt,otherkindsofIndustry,ascloth-making,shoe-making,plough-making,spade-making,house-building,——intheend,allkindsofIndustrywhatsoever,willbefoundcapableofregimenting。
Mill-operatives,allmanneroffreeoperatives,asyetunregimented,nomadicunderprivatemasters,they,seeingsuchexampleanditsblessedness,willsay:“Masters,youmustregimentusalittle;makeourinterestswithyoupermanentalittle,insteadoftemporaryandnomadic;wewillenlistwiththeStateotherwise!“Thiswillgoon,ontheonehand,whiletheState-operationgoeson,ontheother:thuswillallMastersofWorkmen,privateCaptainsofIndustry,beforcedtoincessantlyco-operatewiththeStateanditspublicCaptains;
theyregimentingintheirway,theStateinitsway,withever-wideningfield;tilltheirfields_meet_sotospeakandcoalesce,andtherebenounregimentedworker,orsuchonlyasarefittoremainunregimented,anymore——Omyfriends,I
clearlyperceivethishorriblecloacaofPauperism,wearingnearlybottomlessnow,isthepointwherewemustbegin。Here,inthisplainlyunendurableportionofthegeneralquagmire,thelowestpointofall,andhatefuleventoM’Croudy,mustourmaindrainbegin:steadilyprosecutingthat,tearingthatalongwithHerculeanlaboranddivinefidelity,weshallgraduallydraintheentireStygianswamp,andmakeitalloncemoreafruitfulfield!