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During the first half of the nineteenth century, socialism was Utopian, and therefore ineffective, but in the middle of the century Karl Marx gave it what was supposed to be a foundation in actual science. The formula of Marx is that all wealth is due to labor, and therefore all wealth is due to the laborers. His scheme was to have the product of an hour of labor exchange for the product of an hour's labor in any other employment...
...other in quick succession in France. They gave rise to three classes of people--the Royalists, who were zealously devoted to the doctrine of the divine right of kings; the Imperialists, who tried to open the public service to all men; and the Revolutionists, who struggled vainly for their Utopian ideal of liberty, equality, and fraternity...
...Partial opening of Fair equally undesirable. - (a) Same reasons apply as against complete opening. - (b) Intended for finance not for the workingmen: Advance, Nov. 17, 1892. - (c) The quiet Sabbath scheme Utopian and impracticable: Our Day, IX, 698 - (d) Religious services more conveniently held in the city free of charge: Our Day, IX, 698 - (e) Entering wedge to complete Sunday opening...
...Stacey Brown '92, fresh from his recent triumph at New Haven, entered vigorously into the spirit of debate. He said he did not rise to bespeak a hearing for any wild or fanciful utopian scheme, but for a gradual and practical adoption of a nationalistic form of government. He dwelt particularly on the injustice of the present form of government, and introduced a bitter comparison between the millionaire and the workingman of today...
...awaken an interest in Harvard. It would indeed be delightful to believe that our musical clubs were doing such a great work in the west as to influence people to come or send their boys to Harvard. But it must be acknowledged that this belief would be rather Utopian. A set of musical Harvard men giving concerts and being lionized, however agreeably they might appear, could hardly be expected to have much influence in the weighty matter of education. Probably the principal thing that the musical clubs do accomplish, besides having a very pleasant time, is to bring Harvard memories...