Mr Alcott was descanting on the iniquity of formal exchange-“brother should give to brother all superfluity-brother should be free to take whatever he wanted of brother wherever he could find it” &c-I answered “that might do, Mr A if there were but two people in the world”-and was going on to say it would be difficult to adjust such proceedings for the convenience of all concerned-when Mr Lane with a most inspiring animation exclaimed-There are but two people in the world the me and the not me. No more hats or shoes-and I fear on reconsideration of the decision we must give up even linen and ress as did the sinless inhabitants of Eden-for how can we spin without a sin-made wheel-how can we raise flax without guilt-stained-iron to dig the ground? Mr Lane affirms that when we are innocent there will be no need of warm cloaks boots or umbrellas-we shall be at such perfect liberty so independent of times and seasons, that we can well wait within doors till the weather be fine & the walking good. The subject (proposed the week before, they said) was the methods in practice required by the new principles-so as you may suppose, all the wild schemes were talked over again, and the poor human race are to be allowed in future, if they would walk in innocence, to walk in no clothing but white linen spun by their own hands.
Lidian Jackson Emerson writes to her husband Ralph Waldo on 10 January: We had a meeting of the wise men and their admirers on Sunday evening-(Mr Wright was in Boston) and though I do not believe many were edified all must have been amused.
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