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 munists let  us  be. Neither do  we  deny  that  the needy are  oftentimes  to  blame  for  their  condition,  but God forbid  we  should  trouble  poor  Lazarus  about  the mote in  his  eye  as  long  as  Dives'  sports  such  a  monstrous beam. Most of  the  poor  man's  vices  are superinduced by  his  very  poverty,  and  are  in  a measure  attributable  to  those  who  could  afford,  but refuse, him  relief. All men  have  faults,  but  the  wage-earner  has  this  to  his  credit  that  his  life  is  one  long purgatory. Though the  rich  man's  wealth  results from the  poor  man's  toil,  yet  how  often  the  toiler's fate  is  little  better  than  that  of  the  fowl  that  laid  the golden eggs. -Society is  like  a  tree  of  which  the laborers are  the  roots  buried  in  the  soil,  deprived  of the  joy,  the  light,  the  liberty  of  God's  fair  creation, but sustaining  withal  and  nourishing  the  upper  limbs with their  gay  blossoms  and  rich  fruits. They are the feet  of  the  social  Colossus,  indispensable  alike  to the  stomach  and  the  head;  yet  how  often  do  they  go bare  and  bleeding! What wonder  that  the  cold  rises betimes from  them  to  the  entire  body  politic,  and works the  death  of  society  through  some  mad revolutionary upheaval! For if  the  poor  have  their duties toward  the  rich,  the  rich  also  have  their  sacred obligations toward  the  poor  that  cannot  be  ignored. They should  do  on  earth  what  the  sun  does  in  the heavens — diffuse the  light  and  warmth  of  worldly comforts among  the  lesser  bodies. They should  be the  great  arteries  of  society  conducting  God's munificence  to  every  dependent  member  of  humanity. Such must  have  been  the  Creator's  social  plan;