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Some one will be heard to ask whether a state of society can be

final in which the interests of thousands are perilled on the

life or character of a single person. And many will indulge the

hope that our present condition may, after all, be only

transitional, and may conduct to a higher, in which property,

besides ministering to the enjoyment of the few, may also furnish

the means of the highest culture to all, and will be a greater

benefit to the public generally, and also more under the control

of public authority. There may come a time when the saying, 'Have

I not a right to do what I will with my own?' will appear to be a

barbarous relic of individualism;-when the possession of a part

may be a greater blessing to each and all than the possession of

the whole is now to any one.