William Morris - Chants for socialists

I have looked at this claim by the light cf history and my own conscience, and it seems to me so looked at to be a roost just claim, and that resistance to it means nothing short of a denial of the hope of civilization. This then is the claim :- It is right and necessary that all men alwuld !tave work to do which sltall beworth doing, and be of itself pleasant to do; and which should be done under such conditions aa would make it neither over-weariaome nor over-anxious. Turn that claim about as I may, think of it as long as I can, I cannot find that it is au exorbitant claim; yet again I say if Society would or could admit it, the face of the world would be changed ; discontent and strife and dishonesty would be ended. To feel that we were doing work useful to others and pleasant to ourselves, and that such work and its due reward could not fail us ! What serious harm could happen to us then 7 And the price to be paid for so making the world happy is Revolution. Bib ioteca Gino Bianco

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