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 all throwing  the  weight  of  their  influence  against Anarchy and  Socialism  on  the  one  hand,  and  against high-handed oppression  and  monopoly  on  the  other.

First, then  she  teaches  that  the  distinction  between rich  and  poor,  between  toil  and  leisure,  between the  governing  and  the  governed,  is  inevitable — is a  God-given  dispensation. For, just  as  the potter fashions  his  clay  into  vessels — some  for  elegant purposes and  others  for  humbler  uses — just  as  the builder chooses  some  stones  for  the  foundation  and others for  the  higher  parts  of  the  building,  so  God creates men — some  for  a  nobler,  some  for  a  less noble destiny. In building  up  the  social  structure He, in  His  wisdom,  places  some  in  a  higher,  and others in  a  more  lowly  position. Thus it  is  that  the power of  God,  as  the  Bible  says,  reacheth  from  end to end  mightily  and  ordereth  all  things  sweetly. Hence, private  possessions,  if  honestly  acquired,  far from being  robbery  and  crime,  are  strictly  in  accordance with  the  general  design  of  the  Creator. I say, if honestly  gained,  for  every  man  has  a  right  to  the fruits of  his  own  honest  industry. In the  Gospel parable, he  who  traded  with  his  five  talents  and gained five  more,  and  he  who  traded  his  two  talents and gained  other  two— both  receive  from  their Lord this  commendation:  "Well  done,  good  and faithful  servant,"  while  he  who  buried  his  talent,  and so gained  nothing,  is  styled  a  wicked  and  slothful servant. No man  ever  did  or  ever  will  get  rich  or powerful  without  an  effort — which  effort  gives  him a perfect  right  to  enjoy  in  peace  the  fruits  thereof.