Excerpt from New Town a Proposal in Agricultural, Industrial, Educational, Civic, and Social Reconstruction, Edited for the New Town Council

"Now I believe that the time has arrived when the principle of association, solemnly and universally promulgated, should become ths starting point of all theoretical and practical studies having for their aim the progressive organisation of human society." - Mazzini.

This little book contains the outlines of a proposal to found a new Country-Town in England in such a spirit and on such a plan as shall stir the hearts of all who are seeking after freedom and fellowship. It is therefore not merely a scheme of housing reform, but, with a far wider sweep, will be found to touch upon almost every branch of the great and difficult human art of living together. It is a proposal put forward by a body of men and women, after long and careful consideration, as a contribution towards that reconstruction and transformation of our national life after the war for which so many are working in a thousand different ways. The scheme has already advanced considerably beyond the paper stage. A "New Town Council, " consisting of about fifty persons, is at work, preparing the way for the enterprise, and making its nature known. It is this Council which is responsible for the preparation and issue of the present book. Further, a corporate body, known as "The Pioneer Trust, Ltd., " has already been formed to prospect for a suitable site and to secure an option to purchase.

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