Мартин Иден

Chapter 38

           "HowabouttheUnitedStates?"amanyelledfromtheaudience. 

           "Andhowaboutit?"Martinretorted. "ThethirteencoloniesthrewofftheirrulersandformedtheRepublicso-called. Theslavesweretheirownmasters. Therewerenomoremastersofthesword. Butyoucouldn’tgetalongwithoutmastersofsomesort,andtherearoseanewsetofmastersnotthegreat,virile,noblemen,buttheshrewdandspiderytradersandmoney-lenders. Andtheyenslavedyouoveragainbutnotfrankly,asthetrue,noblemenwoulddowithweightoftheirownrightarms,butsecretly,byspiderymachinationsandbywheedlingandcajoleryandlies. Theyhavepurchasedyourslavejudges,theyhavedebauchedyourslavelegislatures,andtheyhaveforcedtoworsehorrorsthanchattelslaveryyourslaveboysandgirls. Twomillionofyourchildrenaretoilingto-dayinthistrader-oligarchyoftheUnitedStates. Tenmillionsofyouslavesarenotproperlyshelterednorproperlyfed." 

           "Buttoreturn. Ihaveshownthatnosocietyofslavescanendure,because,initsverynature,suchsocietymustannulthelawofdevelopment. Nosoonercanaslavesocietybeorganizedthandeteriorationsetsin. Itiseasyforyoutotalkofannullingthelawofdevelopment,butwhereisthenewlawofdevelopmentthatwillmaintainyourstrength? Formulateit. Isitalreadyformulated? Thenstateit." 

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