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...long as the world has been turning, dissatisfied thinkers--philosophers we term them--have envisioned Utopias, Paradise, Fountains of Youth like Hilton's "Shangri-la". The Utopia of the young Englishman is situated obscurely beyond the last bit of civilization amid the white mountains of Tibet. To this impossible place is brought kidnapped Robert Conway, England's Eden-to-be. The High Llama, a French priest who stumbled upon Shangri-la in 1713 and claims to be over 200 years, old, informs Conway that he is to guard like a monk of the Middle Ages the treasures of the world...
With Conway came others involuntarily--a palcontologist, a consumptive female, a rough public utilities swindler, and Conway's weak worldly brother. All except the last are won over to the Utopia. In the wink of an eye the blonde seems to lose her consumption and her hard shell; similarly, the other two relax into a happy existence. Conway himself sees a dream come true...
...philosophy of moderation and kindness at carthly happiness. His brother may represent the many who balk at progress, who disbelieve all doctrines that are new or that they cannot understand. The men who drink the toast in the end may be the majority who all have faith in some Utopia but have not yet seen...
...manifestations of an . . . individualist spirit in paragraph five were undoubtedly conceived in Utopia; all except the easy divorce laws. A wise man will never place himself in a position where divorce is necessary...
...philosophy appears generously interspersed with his more general contemplations. His theory of the significance of Time and the possibilities of immortality, his pipe-dream of a pseudo-socialistic Utopia, his defense of the arts, all arouse us to thoughts which perhaps had never before crossed our mind. We find ourselves constantly looking away from the printed page, staring into space to work out in our own mind the meaning and value of his words. And, strangely enough, we are more than half the time in agreement with...