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 invested capital. Those are the capitalists, and those again are the "Bourgeoisie." The two words mean practically the same thing, only with a different historic flavor.

Now that is the whole of Socialism so far as it applies to the conditions within a nation. One of the jurors, when he was questioned as to whether he had a prejudice against Socialism, said that he had no prejudice, except against that part of it which opposes religion. Well, there is no part of Socialism which opposes religion, and there never has been, and the assertion that there is, or that there ever has been, is merely one of the malicious lies which those who are trying to promote a propaganda against it have indulged in. The Bishop of the Diocese of Utah, Bishop Spalding, a little while ago was one of the most prominent Socialists in this country, and a very good friend of mine, and his successor, Bishop John Paul Jones, was also a Socialist—a member of the Socialist Party, and a good friend of ours. There are hundreds of millions of Socialists all over the world, and it is obvious that they must comprise in their numbers every kind of religion. As for me, my father and mother were both ministers, and I was brought up with the utmost love for the character and the beauty of the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, and I count Him much nearer in His faith and His influence to the message of the Socialists than to the message of any other political body of men.

UT Socialists have also held a certain belief about the relations between nations, and naturally, since they desire to create a new civilization, and they desire to make men free, and make them happy, they have been trying to prevent war, which destroys civilization, and makes men unhappy, and enslaves them. And they have had a belief that the