Progress Volume 5 ; a monthly magazine of advanced thought

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...you meant to say? Sva. When there are more than a hundred girls concerned in them? Rees. All right! So he came with a donation? Sva. He came with a donation several times. Rees. Aha! Sva. And so we spoke one day about luxury. It was better to use time and money in this way than to waste them on luxury. Rees. Well, what do you mean by " luxury "? Sva. We didn't talk about that at all. But I said that 1 considered luxury to be immoral. Rees. Immor 'Luxury? Sva. Well, I know that is not your opinion; but it is mine. Rees. Your mother's, you mean, and your grandmother's? Sva. To be sure; but mine also, if you will permit it 8 Rees. Oh, dear, yes! Sva. I told him about that little episode in America, you remember, when mother, you and I were present. We went to a temperance meeting, and there we saw ladies driving up to the doors to support the cause; ladies--well, we didn't know how rich they were, but as they presented themselves, with carriages, horses, jewellery, dresses--especially jewellery!--they might be worth about--well, l should say Rees. Let us say many, many thousand dollars. That is certain. Sva. It is certain. And this is really, in its way, immoral as much as drink is. Rees. Well, yes. Sva. Yes; you shrug your shoulders. Alf didn't do that. He told me what he had seen in the large cities. It was terrible! Rees. What was terrible? Sva. The gulf between the poor and the rich--the most extreme poverty and the most reckless luxury. Rees. Ah, I see! I thought But go on. Sva. He did not sit quite so unconcerned, and pare his nails Rees. I beg your pardon. Sva. Oh, not at all; please go on. No; he prophesied a great social revolution, and spoke till he got quite excited and then he explained what ideas he had about riches. This came so unexpec...