They all leave untouched this problem--how are we to organize society so
that people will not be in conflict with each other, will not nullify
each other's efforts, but all will conspire together for unity, so that
none shall be forgotten or oppressed or left out of our brotherhood?
The policy I put forward is incomplete and imperfect, and it must
necessarily be so, being mainly the work of one mind, and to complete it
and perfect it there must be many minds and many workers fired by the
ideal. But I have indicated in some completeness how the rural
population could be co-operatively organized, federated together, and
how the urban population could be organized and brought into a harmony
of economic purpose with the folk of the country. Within the limits of
object these suggestions amount to a policy for the nation.
If the tragic condition of the world leaves us unstirred, if we draw no
lessons from it, if there is no fiery stirring of will in Ireland to
make it a better place to live in, then indeed we may lose hope for our
country. Let us remember the most scornful condemnation in Scripture
was not given to the evil but to the indifferent: "Because thou art
neither hot nor cold I will spew thee out of my mouth.
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