_It is right and necessary that all men should have work to do which
shall be worth doing_, _and be of itself pleasant to do_; _and which
should be done under such conditions as would make it neither
over-wearisome nor over-anxious_.
Turn that claim about as I may, think of it as long as I can, I cannot
find that it is an exorbitant claim; yet again I say if Society would or
could admit it, the face of the world would be changed; discontent and
strife and dishonesty would be ended. To feel that we were doing work
useful to others and pleasant to ourselves, and that such work and its
due reward _could_ not fail us! What serious harm could happen to us
then? And the price to be paid for so making the world happy is
Revolution.