,ON ,SOCIALISM & ,>T 

,PEOPLE 3 

,AU?OR 3 ,WILLIAM ,MORRIS 

,TEXT 3 

 ,! FOLL[+ LETT] FROM \R COMRADE ,WILLIAM ,MORRIS1 9 RESPONSE TO AN 9QUIRY FROM A P]SON IF IT W]E TRUE HE HAD 0*ANG$ HIS M9D0 REG>D+ ,SOCIALISM1 WILL 9T]E/ MANY ( \R READ]S 3- 
     
  

  

0,M,Y ,D,E,> ,S,I,R1--,I AM A V]Y BUSY MAN1 BUT ON ?IS SUBJECT ,I WILL 
ANSW] Y\ BRIEFLY4 ,I HAVE NOT *ANG$ MY VIEWS ON ,SOCIALISM4 ,MY VIEW ( ! 
PO9T ( RELATION BETWE5 ,>T & ,SOCIALISM IS AS FOLL[S3 ,SOCIETY 7SO-CALL$7 
AT PRES5T IS ORGANIZ$ 5TIRELY = ! B5EFIT ( A PRIVILEG$ CLASS2 ! 
WORK+ CLASS BE+ ONLY CONSID]$ 9 ! >RANGEM5T AS SO MU* MA*9]Y4 
,?IS 9VOLVES P]PETUAL & 5ORM\S WA/E1 AS ! ORGANIZATION = ! 
PRODUCTION ( G5U9E UTILITIES IS ONLY A SECOND>Y CONSID]ATION4 ,?IS WA/E 
L&S ! :OLE CIVILIZ$ WORLD 9 A POSITION ( >TIFICIAL POV]TY1 :I* 
AGA9 DEB>S M5 ( ALL CLASSES FROM SATISFY+ !IR RATIONAL DESIRES4 ,RI* 
M5 >E 9 SLAV]Y TO ,PHILI/9ISM1 POOR M5 TO P5URY4 ,WE CAN NONE ( US HAVE 
:AT WE WANT1 EXCEPT 7P>TIALLY ONLY7 BY MAK+ PRODIGI\S SACRIFICES1 :I* 
V]Y FEW M5 CAN EV] DO4 ,BE=E1 !RE=E1 WE CAN AS MU* AS HOPE = ANY 
>T1 WE MU/ BE FREE FROM ?IS >TIFICIAL POV]TY4 ,:5 WE >E ?US FREE1 9 MY 
OP9ION ! NATURAL 9/9CTS ( MANK9D T[>DS BEAUTY & 9CID5T WILL TAKE 
!IR DUE PLACE2 WE %ALL WANT >T1 &1 S9CE WE %ALL BE REALLY WEAL?Y1 WE 
%ALL BE ABLE TO HAVE :AT WE WANT4 444 -- ,I AM1 DE> SIR1 Y\RS 
FAI?FULLY ,W,I,L,L,I,A,M ,M,O,R,R,I,S 

      

     

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