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5、ThechiefadvantagethatwouldresultfromtheestablishmentofSocialismis,undoubtedly,thefactthatSocialismwouldrelieveusfromthatsordidnecessityoflivingforotherswhich,inthepresentconditionofthings,pressessohardlyuponalmosteverybody.Infact,scarcelyanyoneatallescapes.Nowandthen,inthecourseofthecentury,a
6、greatmanofscience,likeDarwin;agreatpoet,likeKeats;afinecriticalspirit,likeM.Renan;asupremeartist,likeFlaubert,hasbeenabletoisolatehimself,tokeephimselfoutofreachoftheclamorousclaimsofothers,tostand'undertheshelterofthewall,'asPlatoputsit,andsotorealisetheperfectionofwhatwasinhim,tohisownincom
7、parablegain,andtotheincomparableandlastinggainofthewholeworld.These,however,areexceptions.Themajorityofpeoplespoiltheirlivesbyanunhealthyandexaggeratedaltruism--areforced,indeed,sotospoilthem.Theyfindthemselvessurroundedbyhideouspoverty,byhid