"Let us take at first the parvenu of your earth, who may have been poor and undernourished at one time. He works all day and part of the night under terrific high pressure, always scheming, worrying that someone will steal his invention, trade, or customers, or get his contracts cancelled or broken. He is under constant fear and excitement and spends sleepless nights. He is even tempted to commit unethical or even criminal acts to succeed. "Due to his hard work, nervous tension and emotional stress, he may become an insomniac, drug, alcohol, coffee, or tobacco addict. These habits are contributive factors to digestive stomach troubles, high blood pressure, irritableness, heart diseases, cancer, and early death. "When he has acquired his ill gotten gains, he worries how to keep them. He is afraid for his very life; many of your rich people are afraid to sleep alone at night. He surrounds himself with all kinds of safeguards and bodyguards. Why, a great many of them are afraid of their own immediate families! His old age is not secure. It would take me too long to tell you how our lowest grade members or first grade degree members live. When you see them in our city life you will agree that your richest man would immediately change places with one of them. "We are one nation of many races. We have one constitution; and we have one set of fundamental laws and rules for all inhabitants of our entire globe. There are no separate laws and rules and property laws, like those in your different states, counties, and cities. We have no complex money value fluctuations like yours, which often affect adversely your own economic and social welfare, as well as create chaotic conditions. We have only one government, one house of council, which changes every four years. "Every citizen is the full responsibility of all of us, and he is of the utmost value to us. Every able-bodied person on Mars is answerable for the welfare of each one of us. "I hope I have made myself clear. You will see, hear, and learn more about our way and mode of our lives when you start to mingle with our citizens. "Gentlemen, we have a very important congressional meeting this afternoon. Before your departure, it may be a very interesting legislative procedure on another planet for you to witness. I have reserved a special section of seats for you. "Let's now adjourn for lunch, and I will continue my lecture after dinner tonight." That evening Sun-Rank Banard continued as follows: