Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-06-07
In Exile He Wrote.

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The transformaticr of the crowC
into the people-p, found task! II
is t. this labor that the men called
| Socialists have devoted themselves.
The author Of this book however in.
significant he may be, Is one of the
oldest in this labor. If he claims
his place among these philosophers il
is because it is place of persecu-
ton.
"A certain hatred of Socialism,
very blind but very general, is still
raging most bitterly among the infu-
tial classes. Let it not be forgotten
that true Socialism has fer its end
the elevation of the masses. II
principal care is for moral and intel
lectual cultivation.
''The first hunger is ignorance;
Socialism wishes then, above all, to
instruct. That does not hinder So
cialism from being illuminated and
Socialists from being denounced, To
most of the Infatuated tremblers who
have the public ear at the present
moment, these reformers are public
enemies.
"The social question requires today
more than ever to be examined on
the side of human dignity.
Thought is power. All power is
duty. The task of doing ones duty
is worth undertaking; the instruction
of the masses, human liberty, manly
virtue and conscience these are not
things to disdaiu. Indignation and
compassion for the mournful slavery
Of man are but two sides of the same
faculty. A grim settlement is i'm
pending, and it will be accomplished |!
All thinkers must work with that end |
in view.
"The function of thinkers in our
day ia complex To think, to love
and to act, is no longer sufficient
one must suffer. There is too much
poverty, too many houses of shame,
too many convict prisons, too much
darkness, too many little inrocents
growing up for evil.
The pallet of the poor girl is sud
denly covered with silk and lace, and
in that is the worst misery; by the
side of misfortune there is vice; the
one urging on the other.
"Such society requires prompt
succor. Let us test theories, systems
and reforms. Let us open wide all
intellects.
''But before all, above all, let us
be lavish of the light. Let us open
wide all intellects, shed abroad hope,
Sow the ideal, do good. Today's dawn
pledges the sun for tomorrow.
What "vagarist" wrote thisl do you
askl None! The most inspired
author since Shakespeare. The
above quotations are from his book,
''William Shakespeare" written
while an exile from his native land
through manly devotion to principle.
The central figure Of his nine
:eenth century social study Ies
M:serables), is luminous with the
pure radiance Of that sublime Social (.
st of the first century, Jesus, the !,
ION of Joseph, carpenter of Nazar-
9TH. Eighteen centuries ago conven-
ionsl orthodoxy thronged Mount
Jalvary's slopes, athirst for
blood; meanwhile the embodiment of
rue socialism crowned its summit,
,ruciied not to death, because i'm
Mortal! Socialism's pure spirit is !,
broad. Paris recognized that which
Jerusalem would not see. The Gre
tor of "Jean Val Jean" returned
rom his exile to welcome such as
10 victor in war has even been &C
orded. Greater than Napoleon this
Victor Of Peace walked the streets of
Ferris alone, exempt from violence, at
my hour of day or night. When his
,ody was borne to the Pantheon,
that temple dedicated to free
hought), it was followed by larger
procession of mourners than had ever
rod the streets of Paris.
Yes, my conservative readers, this
killed imam of sorrows" was Victor
hugo. Though the same selfish
orces which prepared the hemlock
or Socrates and the crucifx for
'esus still live, yet they were impo
ent to crush this Socialist of France.