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i so the miracles of* antichrist
in the south is a regeneracy, a revival, such as
Christianity was in its time. Up with the slaves, down
with the masters ! A plow that turns up new social
layers ! We must sow in fresh soil, the old is
impoverished. The old surface layers bear only a feeble
wretched vegetation. Let the under soil come up in
the light, and you will see something different!
" Behold, Donna Micaella, why does socialism
flourish why has that not foundered ? Because it comes
with a new word. ’ Think of the earth,’ it says, just
as Christianity said: ’ Think of heaven.’ Look
around you ! Look at the earth, is not that all we
possess ? Let us then arrange ourselves here in such
a way, that we become happy. Why, why has no
one thought of that before ? Because we have
busied ourselves so much with that which is to come
hereafter. Let us get rid of that ’ hereafter!’
The earth, the earth, Donna Micaela! Ah, we
socialists, we love her! We worship the sacred
earth, the poor despised mother, who wears mourning
because her children wish to ascend into heaven.
" Believe me, Donna Micaela," he said, " it will be
done within seven years. When the year nineteen
hundred dawns it will be ready. Martyrs will then
have bled, apostles will then have preached, then
will throng after throng have yielded. We, earth’s
true sons, shall own the victory. And she will unfold
to us all her sweetness. She will yield us beauty,
yield us enjoyment, yield us learning, yield us
health."
Gaetano’s voice began to falter, and tears quivered
in his eyes. He walked to the verge of the terrace
and stretched out his arms as if to embrace the
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