. Little journeys to the homes of the great . d already entered into anunconscious pact to let mankind go to Gehenna—justso long as the honors, emoluments and dividends werepreserved. That is to say, the solicitation of the Churchis not and never has been for the welfare of the peo-ple; it is for the welfare of the Church for whichchurchmen fight. All persecution turns on this point 33If the stability of the Church is threatened, the Church-men awake and cry, To Arms! M In this respect theChurch, the nobility and vested capital have everythingin common—they want perpetuity and security. Theyse
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . d already entered into anunconscious pact to let mankind go to Gehenna—justso long as the honors, emoluments and dividends werepreserved. That is to say, the solicitation of the Churchis not and never has been for the welfare of the peo-ple; it is for the welfare of the Church for whichchurchmen fight. All persecution turns on this point 33If the stability of the Church is threatened, the Church-men awake and cry, To Arms! M In this respect theChurch, the nobility and vested capital have everythingin common—they want perpetuity and security. Theyseek safety. All of the big joint-stock companies hadin their directorates members of the nobility and theclergy. The bishops held vast estates—they were ;I Robert Owen did not represent either the Church or thenobility. He was a very exceptional and unique product;he was a workingman who had become a philanthropiccapitalist. He was a lover of humanity, filled with a holyzeal to better the condition of the ROBERT OWEN. HE mills at New Lanark were making money,but the shareholders in London were notsatisfied with their dividends. They con-sidered Owens plans for educating the work-ingman chimerical. In one respect they knew that Owenwas sane: he could take the raw stock and produce thequality of goods that had a market value. He hadtrained up a valuable and skilled force of foremen andworkers. Things were prosperous and would be muchmore so if Owen would only cease dreaming dreamsand devote himself to the commercial end of the ;& If he would not do this, then he must buy their stockor sell them a controlling interest of his chose the latter. In Eighteen Hundred Twenty-five, when he was fifty-five years old, he sailed for America. He gave lecturesin New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washingtonon his new order of economics. He was listened to withprofound attention. At Washington he was the guestof the President, and on invitation addressed
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