Revolution having brought its foredoomed change about, how can you prevent the counter-revolution from setting in except by making people happy?
What! shall we expect peace and stability from unhappiness?
The gathering of grapes from thorns and figs from thistles is a reasonable expectation compared with that! And happiness without happy daily work is impossible." "Most obviously true," said I: for I thought the old boy was preaching a little.

"But answer my question, as to how you gained this happiness." "Briefly," said he, "by the absence of artificial coercion, and the freedom for every man to do what he can do best, joined to the knowledge of what productions of labour we really wanted.

I must admit that this knowledge we reached slowly and painfully." "Go on," said I, "give me more detail; explain more fully.

For this subject interests me intensely." "Yes, I will," said he; "but in order to do so I must weary you by talking a little about the past.

Contrast is necessary for this explanation.