Capitalism is the god of this world, of no part of it more than of these United States, and capitalism is to the laborer a robbing, lying, murderous devil, not a good divinity.
2. The recall of the prize offer is also occasioned and justified, we think, by a demand, which was as unexpected as it is gratifying, for our little propagandist in foreign countries, and we have been persuaded that it should be met by securing to him the gift of tongues. We propose to do this by devoting the money which was set aside for the prizes to the encouragement of making and publishing translations.
FOOTNOTES:
[N] The capitalist countries of the world constitute the United States of Crazy Lands.
VII. AFTERWORD.
"So many Gods, so many Creeds, So many ways that wind and wind, When all this sad world really needs Is just the art of being kind."
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
I.
My title, given in Latin on the picture page, is bestowed upon me by some in jest and by others in reproach, and I am accepting it from both as compliments, because they prove that I have at least succeeded in making clear the general outlines of my religious and political position.