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,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,PI]RE-,JOSEPH ,PR\DHON 

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,PHOTO BY /EVE BOR[SKI1,C,C ,B,Y ,LIC5SE  
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,MY DE> ,MONSIEUR ,M>X1 

,I GLADLY AGREE TO BECOME ONE ( ! RECIPI5TS ( Y\R CORRESPOND5CE1 :OSE AIMS & ORGANIZATION SEEM TO ME MO/ USEFUL4 ,YET ,I CANNOT PROMISE TO WRITE (T5 OR AT GREAT L5G?3 MY V>I$ OCCUPATIONS1 COMB9$ ) A NATURAL IDL5ESS1 DO NOT FAVOR SU* EPI/OL>Y EF=TS4 ,I MU/ ALSO TAKE ! LIB]TY ( MAK+ C]TA9 QUALIFICATIONS :I* >E SUGGE/$ BY V>I\S PASSAGES ( Y\R LETT]4 

,FIR/1 AL?\< MY IDEAS 9 ! MATT] ( ORGANIZATION & REALIZATION >E AT ?IS MOM5T MORE OR LESS SETTL$1 AT LEA/ AS REG>DS PR9CIPLES1 ,I BELIEVE IT IS MY DUTY1 AS IT IS ! DUTY ( ALL SOCIALI/S1 TO MA9TA9 = SOME TIME YET ! CRITICAL OR DUBITIVE =M2 9 %ORT1 ,I MAKE PR(ESSION 9 PUBLIC ( AN ALMO/ ABSOLUTE ECONOMIC ANTI-DOGMATISM4 

,LET US SEEK TOGE!R1 IF Y\ WI%1 ! LAWS ( SOCIETY1 ! MANN] 9 :I* !SE LAWS >E REALIZ$1 ! PROCESS BY :I* WE %ALL SUCCE$ 9 DISCOV]+ !M2 BUT1 = ,GOD'S SAKE1 AFT] HAV+ DEMOLI%$ ALL ! A PRIORI DOGMATISMS1 DO NOT LET US 9 \R TURN DREAM ( 9DOCTR9AT+ ! PEOPLE2 DO NOT LET US FALL 9TO ! CONTRADICTION ( Y\R COMPATRIOT ,M>T9 ,LU!R1 :O1 HAV+ OV]?R[N ,CA?OLIC !OLOGY1 AT ONCE SET AB\T1 ) EXCOMMUNICATION & ANA!MA1 ! F\NDATION ( A ,PROTE/ANT !OLOGY4 ,= ! LA/ ?REE C5TURIES ,G]MANY HAS BE5 MA9LY OCCUPI$ 9 UNDO+ ,LU!R'S %ODDY WORK2 DO NOT LET US LEAVE HUMANITY ) A SIMIL> MESS TO CLE> UP AS A RESULT ( \R EF=TS4 ,I APPLAUD ) ALL MY HE>T Y\R ?\<T ( BR++ ALL OP9IONS TO LI<T2 LET US C>RY ON A GOOD & LOYAL POLEMIC2 LET US GIVE ! WORLD AN EXAMPLE ( LE>N$ & F>-SI<T$ TOL]ANCE1 BUT LET US NOT1 M]ELY BECAUSE WE >E AT ! HEAD ( A MOVEM5T1 MAKE \RSELVES ! LEAD]S ( A NEW 9TOL]ANCE1 LET US NOT POSE AS ! APO/LES ( A NEW RELIGION1 EV5 IF IT BE ! RELIGION ( LOGIC1 ! RELIGION ( REASON4 ,LET US GA!R TOGE!R & 5C\RAGE ALL PROTE/S1 LET US BR& ALL EXCLUSIV5ESS1 ALL MY/ICISM2 LET US NEV] REG>D A QUE/ION AS EXHAU/$1 & :5 WE HAVE US$ \R LA/ >GUM5T1 LET US BEG9 AGA91 IF NE$ BE1 ) ELOQU5CE & IRONY4 ,ON ?AT CONDITION1 ,I WILL GLADLY 5T] Y\R ASSOCIATION4 ,O!RWISE -- NO6 

,I HAVE ALSO SOME OBS]VATIONS TO MAKE ON ?IS PHRASE ( Y\R LETT]3 AT ! MOM5T ( ACTION4 ,P]HAPS Y\ /ILL RETA9 ! OP9ION ?AT NO RE=M IS AT PRES5T POSSIBLE )\T A C\P DE MA91 )\T :AT WAS =M]LY CALL$ A REVOLUTION & IS REALLY NO?+ BUT A %OCK4 ,?AT OP9ION1 :I* ,I UND]/&1 :I* ,I EXCUSE1 & W\LD WILL+LY DISCUSS1 HAV+ MYSELF %>$ IT = A LONG TIME1 MY MO/ REC5T /UDIES HAVE MADE ME AB&ON COMPLETELY4 ,I BELIEVE WE HAVE NO NE$ ( IT 9 ORD] TO SUCCE$2 & ?AT CONSEQU5TLY WE %\LD NOT PUT =W>D REVOLUTION>Y ACTION AS A MEANS ( SOCIAL RE=M1 BECAUSE ?AT PRET5D$ MEANS W\LD SIMPLY BE AN APPEAL TO =CE1 TO >BITR>9ESS1 9 BRIEF1 A CONTRADICTION4 ,I MYSELF PUT ! PROBLEM 9 ?IS WAY3 TO BR+ AB\T ! RETURN TO SOCIETY1 BY AN ECONOMIC COMB9ATION1 ( ! WEAL? :I* WAS )DRAWN FROM SOCIETY BY ANO!R ECONOMIC COMB9ATION4 ,9 O!R WORDS1 ?R\< ,POLITICAL ,ECONOMY TO TURN ! !ORY ( ,PROP]TY AGA9/ ,PROP]TY 9 SU* A WAY AS TO 5G5D] :AT Y\ ,G]MAN SOCIALI/S CALL COMMUNITY & :AT ,I WILL LIMIT MYSELF = ! MOM5T TO CALL+ LIB]TY OR EQUALITY4 ,BUT ,I BELIEVE ?AT ,I KN[ ! MEANS ( SOLV+ ?IS PROBLEM ) ONLY A %ORT DELAY2 ,I W\LD !RE=E PREF] TO BURN ,PROP]TY BY A SL[ FIRE1 RA!R ?AN GIVE IT NEW /R5G? BY MAK+ A ,/ ,B>?OLOMEW'S NI<T ( ! PROPRIETORS 444 

,Y\R V]Y DEVOT$ 

,PI]RE-,JOSEPH ,PR\DHON 

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