All that is needed, then, is that the masses should clearly perceive this truth.

The weight of public opinion, which is yet divided, would then be cast entirely on the side of peace.
Forcible spoliation also takes another form.

Without waiting for a man to produce something in order to rob him, they take possession of the man himself, deprive him of his freedom, and force him to work.

They do not say to him, "If you will do this for me, I will do that for you," but they say to him, "You take all the troubles; we all the enjoyments." This is slavery.
Now it is important to inquire whether it is not in the nature of uncontrolled power always to abuse itself.
For my part I have no doubt of it, and should as soon expect to see the power that could arrest a stone in falling proceed from the stone itself, as to trust force within any defined limits.
I should like to be shown a country where slavery has been abolished by the voluntary action of the masters.
Slavery furnishes a second striking example of the impotence of philosophical and religious sentiments in a conflict with the energetic activity of self-interest.
This may seem sad to some modern schools which seek the reformation of society in self-denial.

Let them begin by reforming the nature of man.
In the Antilles the masters, from father to son, have, since slavery was established, professed the Christian religion.