8/30 The other is to make these conditions as harmonic as possible by giving the men" (workmen) "an associative interest in the accumulations of our associative labor. Love, universal love is the ruler, and only by it can the spirit find peace or be crowned with the highest happiness." "The mystery of man's being, the unawakened capacities in him, we are not half aware of. A few of the race, the prophets, sages, and poets, give us a glimpse of his high destiny. Alas! that men should be on the borders of such mighty truths and stand as blind and dumb as lower animals before them!" "Balaam sometimes, but ignorantly, utters true prophecies. A remark I heard to-day leads me to say this. |