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6. THE EPILOGUE
Matter has admitted defeat at the hands of Spirit. I foresee a human society where men will respect men, nay
Picture of all forms of life. Man will stand fully erect Future Society in freedom. The family would be independent, self-contained and self-sufficient. The material needs of the family would be fully satisfied and the rest of the economic wealth shall belong to the society. Production and distribution would be planned in a harmonious mixed way of private and public enterprises. Internal and international trade would be controlled by the society. All the members of the society would be free and equal without any distinction of caste, creed, colour and sex. There would be no national frontiers. All the mountains, rivers and seas shall belong to the whole humanity. The leaders of society would be simple people of Šramanic frame of mind, whose power and authority would not emanate from wealth, learning or other material manifestations bạt from selfcontrol, right knowledge and spiritual conduct. Religion and God are dead. Ever-pure and ever-progressive force of Spiritualism has dawned. That shall lead us to spiritual communism i. e. Sramaņism.
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