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 PARADISE (TO BE) REGAIXED.^ We learn that Mr. Etzler is a native of Germany^ and originally published his book in Pennsylvania, ten or twelve years ago ; and now a second English edition, from the original American one, is demanded by his readers across the water, owing, we suppose, to the re- cent spread of Fourier's doctrines. It is one of the signs of the times. We confess that we have risen from read- ing this book with enlarged ideas, and grander concep- tions of our duties in this world. It did expand us a little. It is worth attending to, if only that it entertains large questions. Consider what Mr. Etzler proposes : — " Fellow-men ! I promise to show the means of creating a paradise within ten years, where everything desirable for human life may be had by every man in superabundance, without labor, and without pay ; where the whole face of nature shall be changed into the most beautiful forms, and man may live in the most magnificent palaces, in all imaginable refinements of luxury, and in the most delightful gardens ; where he may accomplish, without labor, in one Powers of Nature and Machinery. An Address to all intelligent Men. In Two Parts. By J. A. Etzler. Part First. Secoud English Edition. London, 1842. pp. 55.
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Thoreau's essay was published in the Democratic Review, New York, November, 1843.

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