Latter-Day Pamphlets

第24章

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_(sotospeak)andcoalesce,andtherebenounregimentedworker,orsuchonlyasarefittoremainunregimented,anymore——Omyfriends,I

clearlyperceivethishorriblecloacaofPauperism,wearingnearlybottomlessnow,isthepointwherewemustbegin。Here,inthisplainlyunendurableportionofthegeneralquagmire,thelowestpointofall,andhatefuleventoM’Croudy,mustourmaindrainbegin:steadilyprosecutingthat,tearingthatalongwithHerculeanlaboranddivinefidelity,weshallgraduallydraintheentireStygianswamp,andmakeitalloncemoreafruitfulfield!

FortheState,Iperceive,lookingoutwithrightsacredearnestnessforpersonsabletocommand,willstraightwayalsocomeuponthequestion:“Whatkindofschoolsandseminaries,andteachingandalsopreachingestablishmentshaveI,forthetrainingofyoungsoulstotakecommandandtoyieldobedience?

Wisecommand,wiseobedience:thecapabilityofthesetwoisthenetmeasureofculture,andhumanvirtue,ineveryman;allgoodliesinthepossessionofthesetwocapabilities;allevil,wretchednessandill-successinthewantofthese。Heisagoodmanthatcancommandandobey;hethatcannotisabad。Ifmyteachersandmypreachers,withtheirseminaries,highschoolsandcathedrals,dotrainmentothesegifts,thethingtheyareteachingandpreachingmustbetrue;iftheydonot,nottrue!“

TheState,oncebroughttoitsveracitiesbythethumb-screwinthismanner,whatwillitthinkofthesesameseminariesandcathedrals!IforeseethatourEtonsandOxfordswiththeirnonsense-verses,college-logics,andbrokencrumbsofmere_speech_,——whichisnotevenEnglishorTeutonicspeech,butoldGrecianandItalianspeech,deadandburiedandmuchlyingoutofourwaythesetwothousandyearslastpast,——willbefoundamostastonishingseminaryforthetrainingofyoungEnglishsoulstotakecommandinhumanIndustries,andactavaliantpartunderthesun!TheStatedoesnotwantvocables,butmanlywisdomsandvirtues:theState,doesitwantparliamentaryorators,firstofall,andmencapableofwritingbooks?Whatarag-fairofextinctmonkeries,high-piledhereintheveryshrineofourexistence,fittosmitethegenerationswithatrophyandbeggarlyparalysis,——asweseeitdo!TheMinisterofEducationwillnotwantforwork,Ithink,intheNewDowningStreet!

HowitwillgowithSouls’-Overseers,andwhatthe_new_kindwillbe,wedonotprophesyjustnow。Clearitis,however,thatthelastfinishoftheState’sefforts,inthisoperationofregimenting,willbetogetthe_true_Souls’-Overseerssetovermen’ssouls,toregiment,astheconsummateflowerofall,andconstituteintosomeSacredCorporation,bearingauthorityanddignityintheirgeneration,theChosenoftheWise,oftheSpiritualandDevout-minded,theReverentwhodeservereverence,whoareastheSaltoftheEarth;——thatnottillthis

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