Tract No. 2 was never reprinted and the
number of copies in existence outside public libraries is small: it is
therefore worth reproducing in full.
THE FABIAN SOCIETY
17 Osnaburgh Street, Regent's Park
Fabian Tract No. 2
A MANIFESTO
"For always in thine eyes, O liberty,
Shines that high light whereby the world is saved;
And though thou slay us, we will trust in thee."
London:
George Standring, 8 & 9 Finsbury Street, E.C. 1884.
A MANIFESTO
THE FABIANS are associated for spreading the following opinions held
by them and discussing their practical consequences.
That under existing circumstances wealth cannot be enjoyed without
dishonour or foregone without misery.
That it is the duty of each member of the State to provide for his or
her wants by his or her own Labour.
That a life interest in the Land and Capital of the nation is the
birthright of every individual born within its confines and that
access to this birthright should not depend upon the will of any
private person other than the person seeking it.
That the most striking result of our present system of farming out
the national Land and Capital to private persons has been the
division of Society into hostile classes, with large appetites and no
dinners at one extreme and large dinners and no appetites at the
other.
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