and so on, there can be no salvation. That people who do not make
use of these perfected preparations are stronger and healthier, has
become such a truism, that advertisements are printed in the
newspapers of stomach-powders for the wealthy, under the heading,
"Blessings for the poor," {1} in which it is stated that only the
poor are possessed of proper digestive powers, and that the rich
require assistance, and, among other various sorts of assistance,
these powders. It is impossible to set the matter right by any
diversions, comforts, and powders, whatever; only a change of life
can rectify it.

The Inconsistency of our Life with our Conscience: --however we may
seek to justify our betrayal of humanity to ourselves, all our
justifications will crumble into dust in the presence of the
evidence. All around us, people are dying of excessive labor and of
privation; we ruin the labor of others, the food and clothing which
are indispensable to them, merely with the object of procuring
diversion and variety for our wearisome lives. And, therefore, the
conscience of a man of our circle, if even a spark of it be left in
him, cannot be lulled to sleep, and it poisons all these comforts and
those pleasures of life which our brethren, suffering and perishing
in their toil, procure for us. But not only does every conscientious
man feel this himself,--he would be glad to forget it, but this he
cannot do.

The new, ephemeral justifications of science for science, of art for
art, do not exclude the light of a simple, healthy judgment. The
conscience of man cannot be quieted by fresh devices; and it can only
be calmed by a change of life, for which and in which no
justification will be required.