they eat, and were to say to each other: «why should we live separately, since we do not care about our accomodation and our dinner, and would like to live together?» — then there is every chance, that such men will live together until death. More than that: if only one of these men be indifferent to his comfort and dinner and loves the other, then also these men would get on together. Therefore the chief work for the organization of communities is in the soul of every man. Human beings are naturally drawn one towards another (therein is the mystery of God of love) and therefore in order to unite one need only make oneself capable of union; and then union will follow. If even we admit, that union is attained by our own effort, in that case we also must, as a preliminary to union, become ready for union.
I am also greatly interested in what you say about anarchists and their approach towards us. God, give it be so. Tell me more fully, what you know of this matter.
Now about your book. The book is not an artless narrative, in which one man imparts his feelings to an intimate friend; neither is it a work of art, in which the author intentionally puts, forth his ideas, feelings and observations in such a way, as to make the deepest impression upon his readers. This is the reason, why your book does not produce the desirable impression. It seems, as if the author too vividly felt that, which he wished to transmit, and was too sure, that the reader would feel the same, and therefore he fails to excite in the reader that feeling, which he himself had. There are many excellent details, which seem to be superfluous. A work of art requires strict artistic fashioning, of which there is not here sufficient. For me the book was good, and its fundamental idea expressed in the paraphrase of Paul — is very fine. This book, like every manifestation of your soul, more and more connects mine with yours.
May God help you in the path you are treading.
Dear Friend,
I have received your very interesting letter and am very anxious to answer you, especially about the transformation or rather spiritual growth, that is going on in our friends of «The Brotherhood Church» (I don’t like those names; they promise too much.
