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HAT Associations, Communities, Societery Groups, will be ultimately adopted on this planet, there can be no doubt. The race, at the present rate of increase, could not continue many generations, under the prevailing systems of semi-barbarism.

We see already numerous attempts at Association and Communal life—such as the Economites, located at Economy, Pa., near Pittsburgh—the Ebenezers or Inspirationists, in Iowa—the Zoarites, in Ohio—the Icarians in Iowa the Perfectionists at Oneida in western New York—the Aurora and Bethel Communes, and other Communistic Societies—all of whom may be said to be much in advance, in many respects of the 'world's people'.

Tо show merely what saving of time and labor, the Communal System affords, I will here present a little extract from The Circular, the weekly paper of the Oneida Community, in reply to some enquirers: