,paradise 7,to ,be7 ,regained#a    by   
,henry ,david ,thoreau      ,we learn   
that ,mr4 ,etzler is a native of        
,germany1 and originally  published his 
book in ,pennsylvania1 ten or twelve    
years ago2 and now a  second ,english   
edition1 from the original ,american    
one1 is demanded by  his readers across 
the water1 owing1 we suppose1 to the    
recent spread  of ,fourier's doctrines4 
,it is one of the signs of the times4   
,we confess  that we have risen from    
reading this book with enlarged ideas1  
and  grander conceptions of our duties  
in this world4 ,it did expand us a      
little4 ,it is worth attending to1 if   
only that it entertains large           
questions4 ,consider what ,mr4 ,etzler  
proposes3    8,fellow ,men6 ,i promise  
to show the means of creating a paradise
 within  ten years1 where everything    
desirable for human life may be had by  
every man in superabundance1 without    
labor1 and without pay2 where the  whole
 face of nature shall be changed into   

the most beautiful forms1  and man may  
live in the most magnificent palaces1 in
 all imaginable  refinements of luxury1 
and in the most delightful gardens2     
where he may  accomplish1 without labor1
 in one year1 more than hitherto could  
be  done in thousands of years2 may     
level mountains1 sink valleys1 create   
lakes1 drain lakes and swamps1 and      
intersect the land everywhere with      
beautiful canals1 and roads for         
transporting heavy loads of many        
thousand tons1 and for travelling one   
thousand miles in twenty-four  hours2   
may cover the ocean with floating       
islands movable in any desired          
direction with immense power and        
celerity1 in perfect security1 and  with
 all comforts and luxuries1 bearing     
gardens and palaces1 with  thousands of 
families1 and provided with rivulets of 
sweet water2 may  explore the interior  
of the globe1 and travel from pole to   
pole in a  fortnight2 provide himself   
with means1 unheard of yet1 for         

increasing  his knowledge of the world1 
and so his intelligence2 lead a life of 
continual happiness1 of enjoyments yet  
unknown2 free himself from  almost all  
the evils that afflict mankind1 except  
death1 and even put  death far beyond   
the common period of human life1 and    
finally render it  less afflicting4     
,mankind may thus live in and enjoy a   
new world1 far  superior to the present1
 and raise themselves far higher in the 
scale  of being40    ,it would seem from
 this and various indications beside1   
that there is a  transcendentalism in   
mechanics as well as in ethics4 ,while  
the whole  field of the one reformer    
lies beyond the boundaries of space1 the
  other is pushing his schemes for the  
elevation of the race to its  utmost    
limits4 ,while one scours the heavens1  
the other sweeps the  earth4 ,one says  
he will reform himself1 and then nature 
and  circumstances will be right4 ,let  
us not obstruct ourselves1 for that is  
the greatest friction4 ,it is of little 

importance though a cloud  obstruct the 
view of the astronomer compared with his
 own blindness4  ,the other will reform 
nature and circumstances1 and then man  
will be  right4 ,talk no more vaguely1  
says he1 of reforming the world1--,i    
will  reform the globe itself4 ,what    
matters it whether ,i remove this humor 
out of my flesh1 or this pestilent humor
 from the fleshy part of the  globe8    
,nay1 is not the latter the more        
generous course8 ,at present the  globe 
goes with a shattered constitution in   
its orbit4 ,has it not  asthma1 and     
ague1 and fever1 and dropsy1 and        
flatulence1 and pleurisy1  and is it not
 afflicted with vermin8 ,has it not its 
healthful laws  counteracted1 and its   
vital energy which will yet redeem it8  
,no doubt  the simple powers of nature1 
properly directed by man1 would make it 
healthy and a paradise2 as the laws of  
man's own constitution but wait  to be  
obeyed1 to restore him to health and    
happiness4 ,our panaceas cure  but few  

ails1 our general hospitals are private 
and exclusive4 ,we must  set up another 
,hygeian than is now worshipped4 ,do not
 the quacks even  direct small doses for
 children1 larger for adults1 and larger
 still  for oxen and horses8 ,let us    
remember that we are to prescribe for   
the  globe itself4    ,this fair        
homestead has fallen to us1 and how     
little have we done to  improve it1 how 
little have we cleared and hedged and   
ditched6 ,we are  too inclined to go    
hence to a 8better land10 without       
lifting a finger1  as our farmers are   
moving to the ,ohio soil2 but would it  
not be more  heroic and faithful to till
 and redeem this ,new ,england soil of  
the  world8 ,the still youthful energies
 of the globe have only to be  directed 
in their proper channel4 ,every gazette 
brings accounts of the  untutored freaks
 of the wind1--shipwrecks and hurricanes
 which the  mariner and planter accept  
as special or general providences2 but  
they  touch our consciences1 they remind

 us of our sins4 ,another deluge would  
disgrace mankind4 ,we confess we never  
had much respect for that  antediluvian 
race4 ,a thorough-bred business man     
cannot enter heartily  upon the business
 of life without first looking into his 
accounts4 ,how  many things are now at  
loose ends4 ,who knows which way the    
wind will  blow to-morrow8 ,let us not  
succumb to nature4 ,we will marshal the 
clouds and restrain the tempests2 we    
will bottle up pestilent  exhalations1  
we will probe for earthquakes1 grub them
 up2 and give vent  to the dangerous    
gases2 we will disembowel the volcano1  
and extract its  poison1 take its seed  
out4 ,we will wash water1 and warm fire1
 and cool  ice1 and underprop the earth4
 ,we will teach birds to fly1 and fishes
 to  swim1 and ruminants to chew the    
cud4 ,it is time we had looked into     
these things4    ,and it becomes the    
moralist1 too1 to inquire what man might
 do to  improve and beautify the system2
 what to make the stars shine more      

brightly1 the sun more cheery and       
joyous1 the moon more placid and        
content4 ,could he not heighten the     
tints of flowers and the melody of      
birds8 ,does he perform his duty to the 
inferior races8 ,should he not be  a god
 to them8 ,what is the part of          
magnanimity to the whale and the        
beaver8 ,should we not fear to exchange 
places with them for a day1 lest  by    
their behavior they should shame us8    
,might we not treat with  magnanimity   
the shark and the tiger1 not descend to 
meet there on their  own level1 with    
spears of sharks' teeth and bucklers of 
tiger's skin8  ,we slander the hyna2 man
 is the fiercest and cruelest animal4   
,ah6 he  is of little faith2 even the   
erring comets and meteors would thank   
him1  and return his kindness in their  
kind4    ,how meanly and grossly do we  
deal with nature6 ,could we not have a  
less  gross labor8 ,what else do these  
fine inventions suggest1--magnetism1 the
  daguerreotype1 electricity8 ,can we   

not do more than cut and trim the       
forest1--can we not assist in its       
interior economy1 in the circulation  of
 the sap8 ,now we work superficially and
 violently4 ,we do not suspect  how much
 might be done to improve our relation  
to animated nature2 what  kindness and  
refined courtesy there might be4        
,there are certain pursuits which1 if   
not wholly poetic and true1 do at  least
 suggest a nobler and finer relation to 
nature than we know4 ,the  keeping of   
bees1 for instance1 is a very slight    
interference4 ,it is  like directing the
 sunbeams4 ,all nations1 from the       
remotest antiquity1  have thus fingered 
nature4 ,there are ,hymettus and ,hybla1
 and how many  bee-renowned spots       
beside8 ,there is nothing gross in the  
idea of these  little herds1--their hum 
like the faintest low of kine in the    
meads4 ,a  pleasant reviewer has lately 
reminded us that in some places they are
  led out to pasture where the flowers  
are most abundant4 8,columella  tells   

us10 says he1 8that the inhabitants of  
,arabia sent their hives  into ,attica  
to benefit by the later-blowing         
flowers40 ,annually are the  hives1 in  
immense pyramids1 carried up the ,nile  
in boats1 and suffered  to float slowly 
down the stream by night1 resting by    
day1 as the  flowers put forth along the
 banks2 and they determine the richness 
of  any locality1 and so the            
profitableness of delay1 by the sinking 
of the  boat in the water4 ,we are told1
 by the same reviewer1 of a man in      
,germany1 whose bees yielded more honey 
than those of his neighbors1  with no   
apparent advantage2 but at length he    
informed them that he had  turned his   
hives one degree more to the east1 and  
so his bees1 having  two hours the start
 in the morning1 got the first sip of   
honey4 ,here1  there is treachery and   
selfishness behind all this2 but these  
things  suggest to the poetic mind what 
might be done4    ,many examples there  
are of a grosser interference1 yet not  

without  their apology4 ,we saw last    
summer1 on the side of a mountain1 a dog
  employed to churn for a farmer's      
family1 travelling upon a horizontal    
wheel1 and though he had sore eyes1 an  
alarming cough1 and withal a  demure    
aspect1 yet their bread did get buttered
 for all that4  ,undoubtedly1 in the    
most brilliant successes1 the first rank
 is always  sacrificed4 ,much useless   
travelling of horses1 in extenso1 has of
  late years been improved for man's    
behoof1 only two forces being taken     
advantage of1--the gravity of the horse1
 which is the centripetal1 and  his     
centrifugal inclination to go a-head4   
,only these two elements in  the        
calculation4 ,and is not the creature's 
whole economy better  economized thus8  
,are not all finite beings better       
pleased with motions  relative than     
absolute8 ,and what is the great globe  
itself but such a  wheel1--a larger     
tread-mill1--so that our horse's freest 
steps over  prairies are oftentimes     

balked and rendered of no avail by the  
earth's  motion on its axis8 ,but here  
he is the central agent and motive      
power2  and1 for variety of scenery1    
being provided with a window in front1  
do  not the ever-varying activity and   
fluctuating energy of the creature      
himself work the effect of the most     
varied scenery on a country road8  ,it  
must be confessed that horses at present
 work too exclusively for  men1 rarely  
men for horses2 and the brute           
degenerates in man's society4    ,it    
will be seen that we contemplate a time 
when man's will shall be law  to the    
physical world1 and he shall no longer  
be deterred by such  abstractions as    
time and space1 height and depth1 weight
 and hardness1  but shall indeed be the 
lord of creation4 8,well10 says the     
faithless  reader1 8 #8life is short1   
but art is long2' where is the power    
that  will effect all these changes80   
,this it is the very object of ,mr4     
,etzler's volume to show4 ,at present1  

he would merely remind us that  there   
are innumerable and immeasurable powers 
already existing in  nature1 unimproved 
on a large scale1 or for generous and   
universal  ends1 amply sufficient for   
these purposes4 ,he would only indicate 
their  existence1 as a surveyor makes   
known the existence of a water-power on 
any stream2 but for their application he
 refers us to a sequel to this  book1   
called the 8,mechanical ,system40 ,a few
 of the most obvious and  familiar of   
these powers are the ,wind1 the ,tide1  
the ,waves1 the  ,sunshine4 ,let us     
consider their value4    ,first1 there  
is the power of the ,wind1 constantly   
exerted over the  globe4 ,it appears    
from observation of a sailing-vessel1   
and from  scientific tables1 that the   
average power of the wind is equal to   
that  of one horse for every one hundred
 square feet4 8,we know10 says our      
author--    8that ships of the first    
class carry sails two hundred feet high2
 we  may1 therefore1 equally1 on land1  

oppose to the wind surfaces of the  same
 height4 ,imagine a line of such        
surfaces one mile1 or about #e1jjj      
feet1 long2 they would then contain     
#a1jjj1jjj square feet4 ,let these      
surfaces intersect the direction of the 
wind at right angles1 by some           
contrivance1 and receive1 consequently1 
its full power at all times4  ,its      
average power being equal to one horse  
for every #ajj square feet1  the total  
power would be equal to #a1jjj1jjj      
divided by #ajj1 or #aj1jjj  horses'    
power4 ,allowing the power of one horse 
to equal that of ten  men1 the power of 
#aj1jjj horses is equal to #ajj1jjj men4
 ,but as men  cannot work               
uninterruptedly1 but want about half the
 time for sleep and  repose1 the same   
power would be equal to #bjj1jjj men4444
 ,we are not  limited to the height of  
#bjj feet2 we might extend1 if required1
 the  application of this power to the  
height of the clouds1 by means of       
kites40    ,but we will have one such   

fence for every square mile of the      
globe's  surface1 for1 as the wind      
usually strikes the earth at an angle of
 more  than two degrees1 which is       
evident from observing its effect on the
  high sea1 it admits of even a closer  
approach4 ,as the surface of the  globe 
contains about #bjj1jjj1jjj square      
miles1 the whole power of the  wind on  
these surfaces would equal              
#dj1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj men's power1 and    
8would perform #hj1jjj times as much    
work as all the men on earth could      
effect with their nerves40    ,if it    
should be objected that this computation
 includes the surface of  the ocean and 
uninhabitable regions of the earth1     
where this power  could not be applied  
for our purposes1 ,mr4 ,etzler is quick 
with his  reply--8,but1 you will        
recollect10 says he1 8that ,i have      
promised to show  the means for         
rendering the ocean as inhabitable as   
the most fruitful  dry land2 and ,i do  
not exclude even the polar regions40    

,the reader will observe that our author
 uses the fence only as a  convenient   
formula for expressing the power of the 
wind1 and does not  consider it a       
necessary method of its application4 ,we
 do not attach  much value to this      
statement of the comparative power of   
the wind and  horse1 for no common      
ground is mentioned on which they can be
 compared4  ,undoubtedly1 each is       
incomparably excellent in its way1 and  
every  general comparison made for such 
practical purposes as are  contemplated1
 which gives a preference to the one1   
must be made with  some unfairness to   
the other4 ,the scientific tables are1  
for the most  part1 true only in a      
tabular sense4 ,we suspect that a loaded
 wagon1  with a light sail1 ten feet    
square1 would not have been blown so far
 by  the end of the year1 under equal   
circumstances1 as a common racer or     
dray horse would have drawn it4 ,and how
 many crazy structures on our  globe's  
surface1 of the same dimensions1 would  

wait for dry-rot if the  traces of one  
horse were hitched to them1 even to     
their windward side8  ,plainly1 this is 
not the principle of comparison4 ,but   
even the steady  and constant force of  
the horse may be rated as equal to his  
weight at  least4 ,yet we should prefer 
to let the zephyrs and gales bear1 with 
all  their weight1 upon our fences1 than
 that ,dobbin1 with feet braced1  should
 lean ominously against them for a      
season4    ,nevertheless1 here is an    
almost incalculable power at our        
disposal1 yet  how trifling the use we  
make of it4 ,it only serves to turn a   
few mills1  blow a few vessels across   
the ocean1 and a few trivial ends       
besides4  ,what a poor compliment do we 
pay to our indefatigable and energetic  
servant6    8,if you ask1 perhaps1 why  
this power is not used1 if the statement
 be  true1 ,i have to ask in return1 why
 is the power of steam so lately come   
to application8 so many millions of men 
boiled water every day for many         

thousand years2 they must have          
frequently seen that boiling water1 in  
tightly closed pots or kettles1 would   
lift the cover or burst the  vessel with
 great violence4 ,the power of steam    
was1 therefore1 as  commonly known down 
to the least kitchen or wash-woman1 as  
the power of  wind2 but close           
observation and reflection were bestowed
 neither on the  one nor the other40    
,men having discovered the power of     
falling water1 which after all is       
comparatively slight1 how eagerly do    
they seek out and improve these         
privileges8 ,let a difference of but a  
few feet in level be discovered  on some
 stream near a populous town1 some      
slight occasion for gravity  to act1 and
 the whole economy of the neighborhood  
is changed at once4  ,men do indeed     
speculate about and with this power as  
if it were the  only privilege4 ,but    
meanwhile this aerial stream is falling 
from far  greater heights with more     
constant flow1 never shrunk by drought1 

offering mill-sites wherever the wind   
blows2 a ,niagara in the air1 with  no  
,canada side2--only the application is  
hard4    ,there are the powers too of   
the ,tide and ,waves1 constantly ebbing 
and  flowing1 lapsing and relapsing1 but
 they serve man in but few ways4  ,they 
turn a few tide mills1 and perform a few
 other insignificant and  accidental    
services only4 ,we all perceive the     
effect of the tide2 how  imperceptibly  
it creeps up into our harbors and       
rivers1 and raises the  heaviest navies 
as easily as the lightest chip4         
,everything that floats  must yield to  
it4 ,but man1 slow to take nature's     
constant hint of  assistance1 makes     
slight and irregular use of this power1 
in careening  ships and getting them    
afloat when aground4    ,the following  
is ,mr4 ,etzler's calculation on this   
head3 ,to form a  conception of the     
power which the tide affords1 let us    
imagine a  surface of #ajj miles square1
 or #aj1jjj square miles1 where the tide

  rises and sinks1 on an average1 #aj   
feet2 how many men would it require  to 
empty a basin of #aj1jjj square miles   
area1 and #aj feet deep1 filled  with   
sea-water1 in #f hours and fill it again
 in the same time8 ,as one  man can     
raise #h cubic feet of sea-water per    
minute1 and in #f hours  #c1jjj1 it     
would take #a1bjj1jjj1jjj men1 or as    
they could work only half  the time1    
#b1djj1jjj1jjj1 to raise                
#c1jjj1jjj1jjj1jjj cubic feet1 or the   
whole quantity required in the given    
time4    ,this power may be applied in  
various ways4 ,a large body1 of the     
heaviest materials that will float1 may 
first be raised by it1 and  being       
attached to the end of a balance        
reaching from the land1 or from  a      
stationary support1 fastened to the     
bottom1 when the tide falls1 the  whole 
weight will be brought to bear upon the 
end of the balance4 ,also  when the tide
 rises it may be made to exert a nearly 
equal force in the  opposite direction4 

,it can be employed wherever a point    
d'appui can  be obtained4    8,however1 
the application of the tide being by    
establishments fixed on  the ground1 it 
is natural to begin with them near the  
shores in shallow  water1 and upon      
sands1 which may be extended gradually  
further into the  sea4 ,the shores of   
the continent1 islands1 and sands1 being
 generally  surrounded by shallow water1
 not exceeding from #ej to #ajj fathoms 
in  depth1 for #bj1 #ej1 or #ajj miles  
and upward4 ,the coasts of ,north       
,america1 with their extensive          
sand-banks1 islands1 and rocks1 may     
easily afford1 for this purpose1 a      
ground about #c1jjj miles long1 and1  on
 an average1 #ajj miles broad1 or       
#cjj1jjj square miles1 which1 with a    
power of #bdj1jjj men per square mile1  
as stated1 at #aj feet tide1 will  be   
equal to #gb1jjj millions of men1 or for
 every mile of coast1 a power  of       
#bd1jjj1jjj men40    8,rafts1 of any    
extent1 fastened on the ground of the   

sea1 along the  shore1 and stretching   
far into the sea1 may be covered with   
fertile  soil1 bearing vegetables and   
trees1 of every description1 the finest 
gardens1 equal to those the firm land   
may admit of1 and buildings and         
machineries1 which may operate1 not only
 on the sea1 where they are1  but which 
also1 by means of mechanical            
connections1 may extend their           
operations for many miles into the      
continent4 7,etzler's ,mechanical       
,system1 page #bd47 ,thus this power may
 cultivate the artificial soil for  many
 miles upon the surface of the sea1 near
 the shores1 and1 for  several miles1   
the dry land1 along the shore1 in the   
most superior  manner imaginable2 it may
 build cities along the shore1          
consisting of  the most magnificent     
palaces1 every one surrounded by gardens
 and the  most delightful sceneries2 it 
may level the hills and unevennesses1 or
  raise eminences for enjoying open     
prospect into the country and upon  the 

sea2 it may cover the barren shore with 
fertile soil1 and beautify  the same in 
various ways2 it may clear the sea of   
shallows1 and make  easy the approach to
 the land1 not merely of vessels1 but of
 large  floating islands1 which may come
 from1 and go to distant parts of the   
world1 islands that have every commodity
 and security for their  inhabitants    
which the firm land affords40    8,thus 
may a power1 derived from the gravity of
 the moon and the ocean1  hitherto but  
the objects of idle curiosity to the    
studious man1 be made  eminently        
subservient for creating the most       
delightful abodes along the  coasts1    
where men may enjoy at the same time all
 the advantages of sea  and dry land2   
the coasts may hereafter be continuous  
paradisiacal  skirts between land and   
sea1 everywhere crowded with the densest
  population4 ,the shores and the sea   
along them will be no more as raw       
nature presents them now1 but everywhere
 of easy and charming access1  not even 

molested by the roar of waves1 shaped as
 it may suit the  purposes of their     
inhabitants2 the sea will be cleared of 
every  obstruction to free passage      
everywhere1 and its productions in      
fishes1  etc41 will be gathered in      
large1 appropriate receptacles1 to      
present  them to the inhabitants of the 
shores and of the sea40    ,verily1 the 
land would wear a busy aspect at the    
spring and neap tide1  and these island 
ships--these terr infirm--which realise 
the fables  of antiquity1 affect our    
imagination4 ,we have often thought that
 the  fittest locality for a human      
dwelling was on the edge of the land1   
that  there the constant lesson and     
impression of the sea might sink deep   
into the life and character of the      
landsman1 and perhaps impart a  marine  
tint to his imagination4 ,it is a noble 
word1 that mariner--one  who is         
conversant with the sea4 ,there should  
be more of what it  signifies in each of
 us4 ,it is a worthy country to belong  

to--we look to  see him not disgrace it4
 ,perhaps we should be equally mariners 
and  terreners1 and even our ,green     
,mountains need some of that sea-green  
to  be mixed with them4    ,the         
computation of the power of the ,waves  
is less satisfactory4 ,while  only the  
average power of the wind and the       
average height of the tide  were taken  
before1 now the extreme height of the   
waves is used1 for  they are made to    
rise ten feet above the level of the    
sea1 to which1  adding ten more for     
depression1 we have twenty feet1 or the 
extreme  height of a wave4 ,indeed1 the 
power of the waves1 which is produced by
  the wind blowing obliquely and at     
disadvantage upon the water1 is made  to
 be1 not only three thousand times      
greater than that of the tide1 but  one 
hundred times greater than that of the  
wind itself1 meeting its  object at     
right angles4 ,moreover1 this power is  
measured by the area of  the vessel1 and
 not by its length mainly1 and it seems 

to be forgotten  that the motion of the 
waves is chiefly undulatory1 and exerts 
a power  only within the limits of a    
vibration1 else the very continents1    
with  their extensive coasts1 would soon
 be set adrift4    ,finally1 there is   
the power to be derived from ,sunshine1 
by the  principle on which ,archimedes  
contrived his burning-mirrors1 a        
multiplication of mirrors reflecting the
 rays of the sun upon the same  spot1   
till the requisite degree of heat is    
obtained4 ,the principal  application of
 this power will be to the boiling of   
water and  production of steam4    8,how
 to create rivulets of sweet and        
wholesome water1 on floating  islands1  
in the midst of the ocean1 will be no   
riddle now4 ,sea-water  changed into    
steam1 will distill into sweet water1   
leaving the salt on  the bottom4 ,thus  
the steam engines on floating islands1  
for their  propulsion and other         
mechanical purposes1 will serve1 at the 
same time1  for the distillery of sweet 

water1 which1 collected in basins1 may  
be  led through channels over the       
island1 while1 where required1 it may be
  refrigerated by artificial means1 and 
changed into cool water1  surpassing1 in
 salubrity1 the best spring water1      
because nature hardly  ever distils     
water so purely1 and without admixture  
of less wholesome  matter40    ,so much 
for these few and more obvious powers1  
already used to a  trifling extent4 ,but
 there are innumerable others in nature1
 not  described nor discovered4 ,these1 
however1 will do for the present4 ,this 
would be to make the sun and the moon   
equally our satellites4 ,for1 as  the   
moon is the cause of the tides1 and the 
sun the cause of the wind1  which1 in   
turn1 is the cause of the waves1 all the
 work of this planet  would be performed
 by these far influences4    8,but as   
these powers are very irregular and     
subject to interruptions2  the next     
object is to show how they may be       
converted into powers that  operate     

continually and uniformly for ever1     
until the machinery be worn  out1 or1 in
 other words1 into perpetual motions0 4 
4 4 8,hitherto the  power of the wind   
has been applied immediately upon the   
machinery for  use1 and we have had to  
wait the chances of the wind's blowing2 
while  the operation was stopped as soon
 as the wind ceased to blow4 ,but the   
manner1 which ,i shall state hereafter1 
of applying this power1 is to  make it  
operate only for collecting or storing  
up power1 and then to  take out of this 
store1 at any time1 as much as may be   
wanted for final  operation upon the    
machines4 ,the power stored up is to    
react as  required1 and may do so long  
after the original power of the wind has
  ceased4 ,and though the wind should   
cease for intervals of many months1  we 
may have by the same power a uniform    
perpetual motion in a very  simple way40
    8,the weight of a clock being wound 
up gives us an image of reaction4  ,the 
sinking of this weight is the reaction  

of winding it up4 ,it is not  necessary 
to wait till it has run down before we  
wind up the weight1  but it may be wound
 up at any time1 partly or totally2 and 
if done  always before the weight       
reaches the bottom1 the clock will be   
going  perpetually4 ,in a similar1      
though not in the same way1 we may cause
 a  reaction on a larger scale4 ,we may 
raise1 for instance1 water by the       
immediate application of wind or steam  
to a pond upon some eminence1  out of   
which1 through an outlet1 it may fall   
upon some wheel or other  contrivance   
for setting machinery a going4 ,thus we 
may store up water  in some eminent     
pond1 and take out of this store1 at any
 time1 as much  water through the outlet
 as we want to employ1 by which means   
the  original power may react for many  
days after it has ceased4 4 4 4 ,such   
reservoirs of moderate elevation or size
 need not be made artificially1  but    
will be found made by nature very       
frequently1 requiring but little  aid   

for their completion4 ,they require no  
regularity of form4 ,any  valley1 with  
lower grounds in its vicinity1 would    
answer the purpose4  ,small crevices may
 be filled up4 ,such places may be      
eligible for the  beginning of          
enterprises of this kind40    ,the      
greater the height1 of course1 the less 
water required4 ,but suppose  a level   
and dry country2 then hill and valley1  
and 8eminent pond10 are  to be          
constructed by main force2 or1 if the   
springs are unusually low1  then dirt   
and stones may be used1 and the         
disadvantage arising from  friction will
 be counterbalanced by their greater    
gravity4 ,nor shall a  single rood of   
dry land be sunk in such artificial     
ponds as may be  wanted1 but their      
surfaces 8may be covered with rafts     
decked with  fertile earth1 and all     
kinds of vegetables which may grow there
 as well  as anywhere else40    ,and1   
finally1 by the use of thick envelopes  
retaining the heat1 and  other          

contrivances1 8the power of steam caused
 by sunshine may react at  will1 and    
thus be rendered perpetual1 no matter   
how often or how long  the sunshine may 
be interrupted4 7,etzler's ,mechanical  
,system740    ,here is power enough1 one
 would think1 to accomplish somewhat4   
,these  are the powers below4 ,oh ye    
millwrights1 ye engineers1 ye operatives
  and speculators of every class1 never 
again complain of a want of  power2 it  
is the grossest form of infidelity4 ,the
 question is1 not how  we shall execute1
 but what4 ,let us not use in a         
niggardly manner what  is thus          
generously offered4    ,consider what   
revolutions are to be effected in       
agriculture4 ,first1 in  the new country
 a machine is to move along1 taking out 
trees and stones  to any required depth1
 and piling them up in convenient heaps2
 then the  same machine1 8with a little 
alteration10 is to plane the ground     
perfectly1 till there shall be no hills 
nor valleys1 making the  requisite      

canals1 ditches1 and roads as it goes   
along4 ,the same  machine1 8with some   
other little alterations10 is then to   
sift the  ground thoroughly1 supply     
fertile soil from other places if       
wanted1 and  plant it2 and finally the  
same machine1 8with a little addition10 
is to  reap and gather in the crop1     
thresh and grind it1 or press it to oil1
  or prepare it any way for final use4  
,for the description of these  machines 
we are referred to 8,etzler's           
,mechanical ,system1 pages #aa to  #bg40
 ,we should be pleased to see that      
8,mechanical ,system10 though we  have  
not been able to ascertain whether it   
has been published1 or only  exists as  
yet in the design of the author4 ,we    
have great faith in it4  ,but we cannot 
stop for applications now4    8,any     
wilderness1 even the most hideous and   
sterile1 may be converted  into the most
 fertile and delightful gardens4 ,the   
most dismal swamps  may be cleared of   
all their spontaneous growth1 filled up 

and levelled1  and intersected by       
canals1 ditches and aqueducts1 for      
draining them  entirely4 ,the soil1 if  
required1 may be meliorated1 by covering
 or  mixing it with rich soil taken from
 distant places1 and the same be        
mouldered to fine dust1 levelled1 sifted
 from all roots1 weeds and  stones1 and 
sowed and planted in the most beautiful 
order and symmetry1  with fruit trees   
and vegetables of every kind that may   
stand the  climate40    ,new facilities 
for transportation and locomotion are to
 be adopted3    8,large and commodious  
vehicles1 for carrying many thousand    
tons1  running over peculiarly adapted  
level roads1 at the rate of forty miles 
per hour1 or one thousand miles per day1
 may transport men and things1  small   
houses1 and whatever may serve for      
comfort and ease1 by land4  ,floating   
islands1 constructed of logs1 or of     
wooden-stuff prepared in a  similar     
manner1 as is to be done with stone1 and
 of live trees1 which  may be reared so 

as to interlace one another1 and        
strengthen the whole1  may be covered   
with gardens and palaces1 and propelled 
by powerful  engines1 so as to run at an
 equal rate though seas and oceans4     
,thus1  man may move1 with the celerity 
of a bird's flight1 in terrestrial      
paradises1 from one climate to another1 
and see the world in all its  variety1  
exchanging1 with distant nations1 the   
surplus of productions4  ,the journey   
from one pole to another may be         
performed in a fortnight2  the visit to 
a transmarine country in a week or two2 
or a journey round  the world in one or 
two months by land and water4 ,and why  
pass a dreary  winter every year while  
there is yet room enough on the globe   
where  nature is blessed with a         
perpetual summer1 and with a far greater
  variety and luxuriance of vegetation8 
,more than one-half the surface of  the 
globe has no winter4 ,men will have it  
in their power to remove and  prevent   
all bad influences of climate1 and to   

enjoy1 perpetually1 only  that          
temperature which suits their           
constitution and feeling best40    ,who 
knows but by accumulating the power     
until the end of the present  century1  
using meanwhile only the smallest       
allowance1 reserving all  that blows1   
all that shines1 all that ebbs and      
flows1 all that dashes1  we may have got
 such a reserved accumulated power as to
 run the earth  off its track into a new
 orbit1 some summer1 and so change the  
tedious  vicissitude of the seasons8    
,or1 perchance1 coming generations will 
not  abide the dissolution of the globe1
 but1 availing themselves of future     
inventions in aerial locomotion1 and the
 navigation of space1 the  entire race  
may migrate from the earth1 to settle   
some vacant and more  western planet1 it
 may be still healthy1 perchance        
unearthy1 not  composed of dirt and     
stones1 whose primary strata only are   
strewn1 and  where no weeds are sown4   
,it took but little art1 a simple       

application  of natural laws1 a canoe1 a
 paddle1 and a sail of matting1 to      
people  the isles of the ,pacific1 and a
 little more will people the shining    
isles of space4 ,do we not see in the   
firmament the lights carried along  the 
shore by night1 as ,columbus did8 ,let  
us not despair nor mutiny4    8,the     
dwellings also ought to be very         
different from what is known1 if  the   
full benefit of our means is to be      
enjoyed4 ,they are to be of a  structure
 for which we have no name yet4 ,they   
are to be neither  palaces1 nor temples1
 nor cities1 but a combination of all1  
superior to  whatever is known4 ,earth  
may be baked into bricks1 or even       
vitrified  stone by heat1--we may bake  
large masses of any size and form1 into 
stone and vitrified substance of the    
greatest durability1 lasting even       
thousands of years1 out of clayey earth1
 or of stones ground to dust1  by the   
application of burning mirrors4 ,this is
 to be done in the open  air1 without   

other preparation than gathering the    
substance1 grinding  and mixing it with 
water and cement1 moulding or casting   
it1 and  bringing the focus of the      
burning mirrors of proper size upon the 
same4  ,the character of the            
architecture is to be quite different   
from what it  ever has been hitherto2   
large solid masses are to be baked or   
cast in  one piece1 ready shaped in any 
form that may be desired4 ,the building 
may1 therefore1 consist of columns two  
hundred feet high and upwards1  of      
proportionate thickness1 and of one     
entire piece of vitrified  substance2   
huge pieces are to be moulded so as to  
join and hook on to  each other firmly1 
by proper joints and folds1 and not to  
yield in any  way without breaking40    
8,foundries1 of any description1 are to 
be heated by burning mirrors1  and will 
require no labor1 except the making of  
the first moulds and  the               
superintendence for gathering the metal 
and taking the finished  articles away40

    ,alas6 in the present state of      
science1 we must take the finished      
articles away2 but think not that man   
will always be a victim of              
circumstances4    ,the countryman who   
visited the city and found the streets  
cluttered  with bricks and lumber1      
reported that it was not yet finished1  
and one  who considers the endless      
repairs and reforming of our houses1    
might  well wonder when they will be    
done4 ,but why may not the dwellings of 
men on this earth be built once for all 
of some durable material1 some  ,roman  
or ,etruscan masonry which will stand1  
so that time shall only  adorn and      
beautify them8 ,why may we not finish   
the outward world for  posterity1 and   
leave them leisure to attend to the     
inner8 ,surely1 all  the gross          
necessities and economies might be cared
 for in a few years4  ,all might be     
built and baked and stored up1 during   
this1 the term-time  of the world1      
against the vacant eternity1 and the    

globe go provisioned  and furnished like
 our public vessels1 for its voyage     
through space1 as  through some ,pacific
 ,ocean1 while we would 8tie up the     
rudder and sleep  before the wind10 as  
those who sail from ,lima to ,manilla4  
,but1 to go back a few years in         
imagination1 think not that life in     
these crystal palaces is to bear any    
analogy to life in our present  humble  
cottages4 ,far from it4 ,clothed1 once  
for all1 in some 8flexible  stuff10 more
 durable than ,george ,fox's suit of    
leather1 composed of  8fibres of        
vegetables10 8glutinated0 together by   
some 8cohesive  substances10 and made   
into sheets1 like paper1 of any size or 
form1 man  will put far from him        
corroding care and the whole host of    
ills4    8,the twenty-five halls in the 
inside of the square are to be each two 
hundred feet square and high2 the forty 
corridors1 each one hundred  feet long  
and twenty wide2 the eighty galleries1  
each from #a1jjj to  #a1bej feet long2  

about #g1jjj private rooms1 the whole   
surrounded and  intersected by the      
grandest and most splendid colonnades   
imaginable2  floors1 ceilings1 columns  
with their various beautiful and        
fanciful  intervals1 all shining1 and   
reflecting to infinity all objects and  
persons1 with splendid lustre of all    
beautiful colors1 and fanciful  shapes  
and pictures4 ,all galleries1 outside   
and within the halls1 are  to be        
provided with many thousand commodious  
and most elegant vehicles1  in which    
persons may move up and down like birds1
 in perfect security1  and without      
exertion4 ,any member may procure       
himself all the common  articles of his 
daily wants1 by a short turn of some    
crank1 without  leaving his apartment2  
he may1 at any time1 bathe himself in   
cold or  warm water1 or in steam1 or in 
some artificially prepared liquor for   
invigorating health4 ,he may1 at any    
time1 give to the air in his  apartment 
that temperature that suits his feeling 

best4 ,he may cause1  at any time1 an   
agreeable scent of various kinds4 ,he   
may1 at any time1  meliorate his        
breathing air1--that main vehicle of    
vital power4 ,thus1 by  a proper        
application of the physical knowledge of
 our days1 man may be  kept in a        
perpetual serenity of mind1 and if there
 is no incurable  disease or defect in  
his organism1 in constant vigor of      
health1 and his  life be prolonged      
beyond any parallel which present times 
afford4    8,one or two persons are     
sufficient to direct the kitchen        
business4 ,they  have nothing else to do
 but to superintend the cookery1 and to 
watch  the time of the victuals being   
done1 and then to remove them1 with the 
table and vessels1 into the dining-hall1
 or to the respective private           
apartments1 by a slight motion of the   
hand at some crank4 ,any  extraordinary 
desire of any person may be satisfied by
 going to the  place where the thing is 
to be had2 and anything that requires a 

particular preparation in cooking or    
baking may be done by the person  who   
desires it40    ,this is one of those   
instances in which the individual genius
 is found  to consent1 as indeed it     
always does1 at last1 with the          
universal4  ,these last sentences have a
 certain sad and sober truth1 which     
reminds  us of the scripture of all     
nations4 ,all expression of truth does  
at  length take the deep ethical form4  
,here is hint of a place the most       
eligible of any in space1 and of a      
servitor1 in comparison with whom1  all 
other helps dwindle into insignificance4
 ,we hope to hear more of  him anon1 for
 even a crystal palace would be         
deficient without his  invaluable       
services4    ,and as for the environs of
 the establishment1    8,there will be  
afforded the most enrapturing views to  
be fancied1 out  of the private         
apartments1 from the galleries1 from the
 roof1 from its  turrets and            
cupolas1--gardens as far as the eye can 

see1 full of fruits  and flowers1       
arranged in the most beautiful order1   
with walks1  colonnades1 aqueducts1     
canals1 ponds1 plains1 amphitheatres1   
terraces1  fountains1 sculptural works1 
pavilions1 gondolas1 places for public  
amusement1 etc41 to delight the eye and 
fancy1 the taste and smell4 4 4 4  ,the 
walks and roads are to be paved with    
hard vitrified1 large  plates1 so as to 
be always clean from all dirt in any    
weather or  season4 4 4 4 ,the channels 
being of vitrified substance1 and the   
water  perfectly clear1 and filtrated or
 distilled if required1 may afford the  
most beautiful scenes imaginable1 while 
a variety of fishes is seen  clear down 
to the bottom playing about1 and the    
canals may afford at  the same time1 the
 means of gliding smoothly along between
 various  sceneries of art and nature1  
in beautiful gondolas1 while their      
surface  and borders may be covered with
 fine land and aquatic birds4 ,the walks
  may be covered with porticos adorned  

with magnificent columns1 statues1  and 
sculptural works2 all of vitrified      
substance1 and lasting forever1  while  
the beauties of nature around heighten  
the magnificence and  deliciousness4    
8,the night affords no less delight to  
fancy and feelings4 ,an infinite        
variety of grand1 beautiful and fanciful
 objects and sceneries1  radiating with 
crystalline brilliancy1 by the          
illumination of  gas-light2 the human   
figures themselves1 arrayed in the most 
beautiful  pomp fancy may suggest1 or   
the eye desire1 shining even with       
brilliancy  of stuffs and diamonds1 like
 stones of various colors1 elegantly    
shaped  and arranged around the body2   
all reflected a thousand-fold in huge   
mirrors and reflectors of various forms2
 theatrical scenes of a  grandeur and   
magnificence1 and enrapturing illusions1
 unknown yet1 in  which any person may  
be either a spectator or an actor2 the  
speech and  the songs reverberating with
 increased sound1 rendered more sonorous

  and harmonious than by nature1 by     
vaultings that are moveable into any    
shape at any time2 the sweetest and most
 impressive harmony of music1  produced 
by song and instruments partly not known
 yet1 may thrill  through the nerves and
 vary with other amusements and         
delights4    8,at night the roof1 and   
the inside and outside of the whole     
square1 are  illuminated by gas-light1  
which in the mazes of many-colored      
crystal-like colonnades and vaultings1  
is reflected with a brilliancy  that    
gives to the whole a lustre of precious 
stones1 as far as the eye  can see4     
,such are the future abodes of men4 4 4 
4 ,such is the life  reserved to true   
intelligence1 but withheld from         
ignorance1 prejudice1  and stupid       
adherence to custom40 444 8,such is the 
domestic life to be  enjoyed by every   
human individual that will partake of   
it4 ,love and  affection may there be   
fostered and enjoyed without any of the 
obstructions that oppose1 diminish1 and 

destroy them in the present  state of   
men40 444 8,it would be as ridiculous1  
then1 to dispute and  quarrel about the 
means of life1 as it would be now about 
water to  drink along mighty rivers1 or 
about the permission to breathe air in  
the atmosphere1 or about sticks in our  
extensive woods40    ,thus is ,paradise 
to be ,regained1 and that old and stern 
decree at  length reversed4 ,man shall  
no more earn his living by the sweat of 
his  brow4 ,all labor shall be reduced  
to 8a short turn of some crank10 and    
8taking the finished article away40 ,but
 there is a crank1--oh1 how hard  to be 
turned6 ,could there not be a crank upon
 a crank1--an infinitely  small         
crank8--we would fain inquire4          
,no1--alas6 not4 ,but there is a        
certain divine energy in every man1 but 
sparingly employed as yet1  which may be
 called the crank within1--the crank    
after all1--the prime  mover in all     
machinery1--quite indispensable to all  
work4 ,would that we  might get our     

hands on its handle6 ,in fact no work   
can be shirked4 ,it  may be postponed   
indefinitely1 but not infinitely4 ,nor  
can any really  important work be made  
easier by co-operation or machinery4    
,not one  particle of labor now         
threatening any man can be routed       
without being  performed4 ,it cannot be 
hunted out of the vicinity like jackals 
and  hyenas4 ,it will not run4 ,you may 
begin by sawing the little sticks1 or   
you may saw the great sticks first1 but 
sooner or later you must saw  them both4
    ,we will not be imposed upon by this
 vast application of forces4 ,we        
believe that most things will have to be
 accomplished still by the  application 
called ,industry4 ,we are rather pleased
 after all to  consider the small       
private1 but both constant and          
accumulated force1  which stands behind 
every spade in the field4 ,this it is   
that makes the  valleys shine1 and the  
deserts really bloom4 ,sometimes1 we    
confess1 we  are so degenerate as to    

reflect with pleasure on the days when  
men were  yoked like cattle1 and drew a 
crooked stick for a plough4 ,after all1 
the great interests and methods were the
 same4    ,it is a rather serious       
objection to ,mr4 ,etzler's schemes1    
that they  require time1 men1 and money1
 three very superfluous and inconvenient
  things for an honest and well-disposed
 man to deal with4 8,the whole  world10 
he tells us1 8might therefore be really 
changed into a  paradise1 within less   
than ten years1 commencing from the     
first year of  an association for the   
purpose of constructing and applying the
  machinery40 ,we are sensible of a     
startling incongruity when time and     
money are mentioned in this connection4 
,the ten years which are  proposed would
 be a tedious while to wait1 if every   
man were at his  post and did his duty1 
but quite too short a period1 if we are 
to take  time for it4 ,but this fault is
 by no means peculiar to ,mr4 ,etzler's 
schemes4 ,there is far too much hurry   

and bustle1 and too little  patience and
 privacy1 in all our methods1 as if     
something were to be  accomplished in   
centuries4 ,the true reformer does not  
want time1 nor  money1 nor co-operation1
 nor advice4 ,what is time but the stuff
 delay  is made of8 ,and depend upon it1
 our virtue will not live on the        
interest of our money4 ,he expects no   
income1 but our outgoes2 so soon  as we 
begin to count the cost the cost begins4
 ,and as for advice1 the  information   
floating in the atmosphere of society is
 as evanescent and  unserviceable to him
 as gossamer for clubs of ,hercules4    
,there is  absolutely no common sense2  
it is common nonsense4 ,if we are to    
risk a  cent or a drop of our blood1 who
 then shall advise us8 ,for ourselves1  
we are too young for experience4 ,who is
 old enough8 ,we are older by  faith    
than by experience4 ,in the unbending of
 the arm to do the deed  there is       
experience worth all the maxims in the  
world4    8,it will now be plainly seen 

that the execution of the proposals is  
not  proper for individuals4 ,whether it
 be proper for government at this  time1
 before the subject has become popular1 
is a question to be  decided2 all that  
is to be done1 is to step forth1 after  
mature  reflection1 to confess loudly   
one's conviction1 and to constitute     
societies4 ,man is powerful but in union
 with many4 ,nothing great1 for  the    
improvement of his own condition1 or    
that of his fellow men1 can  ever be    
effected by individual enterprise40     
,alas6 this is the crying sin of the    
age1 this want of faith in the          
prevalence of a man4 ,nothing can be    
effected but by one man4 ,he who  wants 
help wants everything4 ,true1 this is   
the condition of our  weakness1 but it  
can never be the means of our recovery4 
,we must first  succeed alone1 that we  
may enjoy our success together4 ,we     
trust that  the social movements which  
we witness indicate an aspiration not to
 be  thus cheaply satisfied4 ,in this   

matter of reforming the world1 we have  
little faith in corporations2 not thus  
was it first formed4    ,but our author 
is wise enough to say that the raw      
materials for the  accomplishment of his
 purposes are 8iron1 copper1 wood1 earth
 chiefly1  and a union of men whose eyes
 and understanding are not shut up by   
preconceptions40 ,aye1 this last may be 
what we want mainly1--a company  of 8odd
 fellows0 indeed4    8,small shares of  
twenty dollars will be sufficient10--in 
all1 from  8#bjj1jjj to #cjj1jjj10--8to 
create the first establishment for a    
whole  community of from #c1jjj to      
#d1jjj individuals0--at the end of five 
years  we shall have a principal of #bjj
 millions of dollars1 and so paradise   
will be wholly regained at the end of   
the tenth year4 ,but1 alas1 the  ten    
years have already elapsed1 and there   
are no signs of ,eden yet1 for  want of 
the requisite funds to begin the        
enterprise in a hopeful  manner4 ,yet it
 seems a safe investment4 ,perchance    

they could be hired  at a low rate1 the 
property being mortgaged for security1  
and1 if  necessary1 it could be given up
 in any stage of the enterprise1 without
  loss1 with the fixtures4    ,mr4      
,etzler considers this 8,address as a   
touchstone1 to try whether our  nation  
is in any way accessible to these great 
truths1 for raising the  human creature 
to a superior state of existence1 in    
accordance with the  knowledge and the  
spirit of the most cultivated minds of  
the present  time40 ,he has prepared a  
constitution1 short and concise1        
consisting of  twenty-one articles1 so  
that wherever an association may spring 
up1 it  may go into operation without   
delay2 and the editor informs us that   
8,communications on the subject of this 
book may be addressed to ,c4,f4         
,stollmeyer1 ,no4 #f1 ,upper ,charles   
street1 ,northampton square1 ,london40  
,but we see two main difficulties in the
 way4 ,first1 the successful            
application of the powers by machinery  

7we have not yet seen the  8,mechanical 
,system107 and1 secondly1 which is      
infinitely harder1 the  application of  
man to the work by faith4 ,this it is1  
we fear1 which  will prolong the ten    
years to ten thousand at least4 ,it will
 take a  power more than 8#hj1jjj times 
greater than all the men on earth could 
effect with their nerves10 to persuade  
men to use that which is already        
offered them4 ,even a greater than this 
physical power must be brought  to bear 
upon that moral power4 ,faith1 indeed1  
is all the reform that is  needed2 it is
 itself a reform4 ,doubtless1 we are as 
slow to conceive of  ,paradise as of    
,heaven1 of a perfect natural as of a   
perfect spiritual  world4 ,we see how   
past ages have loitered and erred4 8,is 
perhaps our  generation free from       
irrationality and error8 ,have we       
perhaps reached  now the summit of human
 wisdom1 and need no more to look out   
for mental  or physical improvement80   
,undoubtedly1 we are never so visionary 

as to  be prepared for what the next    
hour may bring forth4             '   4 
,the ,divine is about to be1 and such is
 its nature4 ,in our wisest  moments we 
are secreting a matter1 which1 like the 
lime of the shell  fish1 incrusts us    
quite over1 and well for us if1 like it1
 we cast our  shells from time to time1 
though they be pearl and of fairest     
tint4 ,let  us consider under what      
disadvantages science has hitherto      
labored  before we pronounce thus       
confidently on her progress4    8,there 
was never any system in the productions 
of human labor2 but they  came into     
existence and fashion as chance directed
 men40 8,only a few  professional men of
 learning occupy themselves with        
teaching natural  philosophy1 chemistry1
 and the other branches of the sciences 
of  nature1 to a very limited extent1   
for very limited purposes1 with very    
limited means40 8,the science of        
mechanics is but in a state of infancy4 
,it is true1 improvements are made upon 

improvements1 instigated by  patents of 
government2 but they are made           
accidentally or at hap-hazard4  ,there  
is no general system of this science1   
mathematical as it is1  which develops  
its principles in their full extent1 and
 the outlines of  the application to    
which they lead4 ,there is no idea of   
comparison  between what is explored and
 what is yet to be explored in this     
science4 ,the ancient ,greeks placed    
mathematics at the head of their        
education4 ,but we are glad to have     
filled our memory with notions1  without
 troubling ourselves much with reasoning
 about them40    ,mr4 ,etzler is not one
 of the enlightened practical men1 the  
pioneers of  the actual1 who move with  
the slow deliberate tread of science1   
conserving the world2 who execute the   
dreams of the last century1  though they
 have no dreams of their own2 yet he    
deals in the very raw  but still solid  
material of all inventions4 ,he has more
 of the  practical than usually belongs 

to so bold a schemer1 so resolute a     
dreamer4 ,yet his success is in theory1 
and not in practice1 and he  feeds our  
faith rather than contents our          
understanding4 ,his book wants  order1  
serenity1 dignity1 everything1--but it  
does not fail to impart  what only man  
can impart to man of much importance1   
his own faith4 ,it  is true his dreams  
are not thrilling nor bright enough1 and
 he leaves  off to dream where he who   
dreams just before the dawn begins4 ,his
  castles in the air fall to the ground1
 because they are not built lofty       
enough2 they should be secured to       
heaven's roof4 ,after all1 the  theories
 and speculations of men concern us more
 than their puny  execution4 ,it is with
 a certain coldness and languor that we 
loiter  about the actual and so called  
practical4 ,how little do the most      
wonderful inventions of modern times    
detain us4 ,they insult nature4  ,every 
machine1 or particular application1     
seems a slight outrage  against         

universal laws4 ,how many fine          
inventions are there which do not       
clutter the ground8 ,we think that those
 only succeed which minister to  our    
sensible and animal wants1 which bake or
 brew1 wash or warm1 or the  like4 ,but 
are those of no account which are       
patented by fancy and  imagination1 and 
succeed so admirably in our dreams that 
they give the  tone still to our waking 
thoughts8 ,already nature is serving all
 those  uses which science slowly       
derives on a much higher and grander    
scale to  him that will be served by    
her4 ,when the sunshine falls on the    
path of  the poet1 he enjoys all those  
pure benefits and pleasures which the   
arts slowly and partially realize from  
age to age4 ,the winds which fan  his   
cheek waft him the sum of that profit   
and happiness which their  lagging      
inventions supply4    ,the chief fault  
of this book is1 that it aims to secure 
the greatest  degree of gross comfort   
and pleasure merely4 ,it paints a       

,mahometan's  heaven1 and stops short   
with singular abruptness when we think  
it is  drawing near to the precincts of 
the ,christian's1--and we trust we have 
not made here a distinction without a   
difference4 ,undoubtedly if we  were to 
reform this outward life truly and      
thoroughly1 we should find  no duty of  
the inner omitted4 ,it would be         
employment for our whole  nature2 and   
what we should do thereafter would be as
 vain a question as  to ask the bird    
what it will do when its nest is built  
and its brood  reared4 ,but a moral     
reform must take place first1 and then  
the  necessity of the other will be     
superseded1 and we shall sail and plough
  by its force alone4 ,there is a       
speedier way than the 8,mechanical      
,system0 can show to fill up marshes1 to
 drown the roar of the waves1 to  tame  
hynas1 secure agreeable environs1       
diversify the land1 and refresh  it with
 8rivulets of sweet water10 and that is 
by the power of  rectitude and true     

behavior4 ,it is only for a little      
while1 only  occasionally1 methinks1    
that we want a garden4 ,surely a good   
man need  not be at the labor to level a
 hill for the sake of a prospect1 or    
raise fruits and flowers1 and construct 
floating islands1 for the sake  of a    
paradise4 ,he enjoys better prospects   
than lie behind any hill4  ,where an    
angel travels it will be paradise all   
the way1 but where ,satan  travels it   
will be burning marl and cinders4 ,what 
says ,veeshnoo ,sarma8  8,he whose mind 
is at ease is possessed of all riches4  
,is it not the  same to one whose foot  
is enclosed in a shoe1 as if the whole  
surface  of the earth were covered with 
leather80    ,he who is conversant with 
the supernal powers will not worship    
these  inferior deities of the wind1    
waves1 tide1 and sunshine4 ,but we would
  not disparage the importance of such  
calculations as we have described4      
,they are truths in physics1 because    
they are true in ethics4 ,the moral     

powers no one would presume to          
calculate4 ,suppose we could compare the
  moral with the physical1 and say how  
many horse-power the force of  love1 for
 instance1 blowing on every square foot 
of a man's soul1 would  equal4 ,no doubt
 we are well aware of this force2       
figures would not  increase our respect 
for it2 the sunshine is equal to but one
 ray of  its heat4 ,the light of the sun
 is but the shadow of love4 8,the souls 
of  men loving and fearing ,god10 says  
,raleigh1 8receive influence from that  
divine light itself1 whereof the sun's  
clarity1 and that of the stars1  is by  
,plato called but a shadow4 ,lumen est  
umbra ,dei1 ,deus est ,lumen  ,luminis4 
,light is the shadow of ,god's          
brightness1 who is the light of  light10
 and1 we may add1 the heat of heat4     
,love is the wind1 the tide1  the waves1
 the sunshine4 ,its power is            
incalculable2 it is many  horse-power4  
,it never ceases1 it never slacks2 it   
can move the globe  without a           

resting-place2 it can warm without fire2
 it can feed without  meat2 it can      
clothe without garments2 it can shelter 
without roof2 it  can make a paradise   
within which will dispense with a       
paradise without4  ,but though the      
wisest men in all ages have labored to  
publish this  force1 and every human    
heart is1 sooner or later1 more or less1
 made to  feel it1 yet how little is    
actually applied to social ends6 ,true1 
it is  the motive-power of all          
successful social machinery2 but1 as in 
physics  we have made the elements do   
only a little drudgery for us1--steam to
  take the place of a few horses1 wind  
of a few oars1 water of a few  cranks   
and hand-mills1--as the mechanical      
forces have not yet been  generously and
 largely applied to make the physical   
world answer to the  ideal1 so the power
 of love has been but meanly and        
sparingly applied1  as yet4 ,it has     
patented only such machines as the      
almshouses1 the  hospital1 and the      

,bible ,society1 while its infinite wind
 is still  blowing1 and blowing down    
these very structures too1 from time to 
time4  ,still less are we accumulating  
its power1 and preparing to act with    
greater energy at a future time4 ,shall 
we not contribute our shares to  this   
enterprise1 then8     #a ,the ,paradise 
within the ,reach of all ,men1 without  
,labor1 by   ,powers of ,nature and     
,machinery4 ,an ,address to all         
intelligent ,men4 ,in   ,two ,parts4 ,by
 ,j4,a4 ,etzler4 ,part ,first4 ,second  
,english ,edition4 ,london1   #ahdb4    
,pp4 #ee4