A Visit to Freeland, or the New Paradise Regained (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Visit to Freeland, or the New Paradise RegainedIN the first place, I confess that this little book is written with an object in the fullest sense of the word. It desires not only to bring the reader over to its opinions under the veil of amusement and instruction, but also to induce him to cooperate in a more prae tical sense. Not only does it make designs on his mind and heart, but also on his purse and resolutions. The majority of those who read this passage may indeed say with a smile of superiority that the alto gether too conscientious author might have spared this warning. Dispositions as well as purses are too well guarded nowadays for any obtrusive object to be able to succeed easily in taking possession ofthern. I add that the undertaking for which, by means of this work, I desire to win energetic cooperation, is neither more nor less than the creation of a Community based on social liberty and justice, that is, one that will guarantee to everybody the full and entire produce of his own work by the unlimited maintenance of his right of doing what he pleases, the supercilious smile will be slightly mixed with compassion, and when I confess besides that this El Dorado is situated in the Highlands of Africa and just on the equator, there are probably few who would suppose that they could accept such exaggerated fancies in earnest with out causing serious doubts as to their education, their sound common sense, and even their sanity Let the author be content, I hear some say, we read Utopias of this kind if they are made entertaining. They do to pass away an idle hour, and that is all.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.