"Not all people on earth get benefits from hard work. Not always does
the inventor gain from his invention. Many of those that have reached
affluence, got there through inheritance, influence, politics, or
dishonesty. Their ambition seems to be to acquire wealth with which
to exploit and enslave their fellow men, by selfishly planning and
controlling, in rigid forced patterns, your managed economy.
"Humanity, and even certain animals on our planet, and on your earth
have more or less a development of emotional urges to surpass, outdo,
and excel each other.
"On your earth a great many of you use these impulses, and sagacity
to gamble on your money chances to win it away by fair or foul means
from each other. Whereas on Mars this impelling instinct is spent in
athletic games, studies, employment, endeavors, creative faculty,
inventions and researches solely for our mutual benefits.
"But that is not answering your question. You will be surprised at
the intensive driving force and zeal our citizens have for work which
will improve living for all of us. They are our guiding principles and
spirits.
"Our people respect themselves and respect others. Our workers feel
they are part and have a share of something big. They are filled with
the idea of making their part of this planet the most progressive
anywhere. Each person depends on the best efforts of the other fellow
in order to do the best himself.
"Our chief altruistic desires are for achievements and conveniences, to
serve, to create universal justice and equality, to better the lives of
all our humanity on Mars and to make their lives happier, contented,
and more independent.
"We have no special panacea to preserve our mental force, physical
vigor and long life. Our intensive life-saving health-giving medical
research and new discoveries and the regulated and hygienic life we
impose on ourselves. The rules are made by our health authorities and
guided by them. They start before our progeniture, even before the
meeting, marriage, or mating of our parents. The future of our race is
a most important matter to our administration and to all Martians.
"During the adolescence of our youths and maidens they are carefully
watched. They constantly undergo strict physical and mental
examinations and tests. They are allowed to marry only when they
have reached their prime of vigor and progeniture and are free from
inherited mental and physical ills. During this period they undergo
special physical exercise and treatments. They must pass satisfactory
physical and mental examinations to prove their fitness before they are
allowed to choose their mates and become parents of our children. We
practice our latest sciences of euthenics for the advancement of our
races, to prevent transmission by inheritance, or otherwise, of mental
and physical diseases.
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