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education has aided nobody. It has imposed an unwarrantable 
constraint on the people it was intended to benefit; it has been asi­
nine presumption on the part of the intellectuals to consider a 
smattering of mental acquirements of universal benefit. It is a 
form of sectarian bigotry. We should recognize the fact that the 
vast majority of human beings have no ambition in life beyond 
mere ease and animal happiness. We should allow these people to 
fulfil their destinies without interference. We should give every 
opportunity to the ambitious, and thereby establish a class of 
morally and intellectually superior men and women. We should 
have no compunction in utilizing the natural qualities of the bulk 
of mankind. We do not insist on trying to train sheep to hunt 
foxes or lecture on history; we look after their physical well being, 
and enjoy their wool and mutton. In this way we shall have a con­
tented class of slaves who will accept the conditions of existence 
as they really are, and enjoy life with the quiet wisdom of cattle. It 
is our duty to see to it that this class of people lack for nothing. 
The patriarchal system is better for all classes than any other; the 
objections to it come from the abuses of it. But bad masters have 
been artificially created by exactly the same blunder as was 
responsible for the bad servants. It is essential to teach the masters 
that each one must discover his own will, and do it. There is no 
reason in nature for cut-throat competition. All this has been 
explained previously in other connections; here it is only neces­
sary to emphasize the point. It must be clearly understood that 
every man must find his own happiness in a purely personal way. 
Our troubles have been caused by the assumption that everybody 
wanted the same things, and thereby the supply of those things 
has become artificially limited; even those benefits of which there 
is an inexhaustible store have been cornered. For example, fresh 
air and beautiful scenery. In a world where everyone did his own 
will none would lack these things. In our present society they have 
become the luxuries of wealth and leisure, yet they are still acces­
sible to anyone who possesses sufficient sense to emancipate him­
self from the alleged advantages of city life. We have deliberately 
trained people to wish for things that they do not really want.