Revolutions and special evolutions are brought about in human affairs,
NOT SO MUCH BY THE DISSEMINATION OF A GREAT MULTITUDE OF IDEAS, AS BY
THE CONCENTRATION OF A MULTITUDE OF MINDS UPON A SINGLE IDEA. This
single idea, however, cannot be of a local or temporary nature. It
must, on the other hand, be comprehensive and of sufficient import
to stir the very souls of the masses. A mere question of currency,
transportation or judicial powers, however important, even if
absolutely requisite to further progress, is not capable of producing
the universal enthusiasm required to institute any fundamental
innovation. The truths on which the popular mind is to be focused,
must be self-evident, general, and their application not limited
to a short time or a special locality. With the people's attention
fixed upon a great moral truth universally applicable, their faces
all turned toward, their eyes fixed on one star of deliverance, it
is easy to convince them that to realize their goal no sacrifice
can be too great. Men are prepared to act intelligently concerning
currency, transportation or other incidental reforms when their
enthusiasm and purpose are fully aroused and their attention is fixed
upon universal laws about which there can be no doubt, hesitancy or
confusion. Absorbed in great things, the petty causes of strife and
dissension disappear. We can gain unity only when, leaving details to
tried leaders, the people concentrate their attention on those simple
realities, self-evident and capable of being understood by all, the
attainment of which forces the righteous settlement of details and of
all questions dependent and incidental.
THE WORLD BIG; GOD GOOD; MAN ALONE RESPONSIBLE.
The first such central truth, self-evident to every man, to be
proclaimed tirelessly by the Volunteers, is that the earth is large
enough and rich enough to supply all the good things of life to every
human being born on it. Urge that especially since the triumphs of
modern science is it possible for man to satisfy every natural craving,
every healthy desire, every reasonable hope and dream, without any man
being compelled to sacrifice another human being to his purpose.
The great and the humblest mind alike can see this truth. It stands
out an impregnable tower of strength above all minor and subsidiary
questions. It is unanswerable, incontravertible and DYNAMICALLY
IRRESISTIBLE. The earth is large enough and rich enough and human
energy sufficient to produce in abundance everything required to supply
every natural, healthful human desire. This means that the world, now
made hell by human greed abetted by ignorance and prejudice, might just
as well be heaven. The misery caused by poverty, tyranny and neglect,
can be displaced by happiness, plenty and liberty for all.
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