of the "Fall of Man" in the "Garden of Eden." Man disobeyed God
by listening to self, by giving himself over to his selfish
desires. He slew his brother, figuratively speaking, when he
abandoned himself to selfish ends and took advantage of his
fellowman. He has been guilty of that sin ever since. IT IS NOW
INHERENT IN HIS MAKE-UP; THIS SELFISH INSTINCT MUST BE ELIMINATED
BEFORE HE CAN AGAIN FIND THE FATHER'S KINGDOM.

No fences or other evidences of individual ownership surround the
millions of homes on Mars. No lines of demarcation divide one
plot of land from another. The millions of beautiful
homes--beautiful in their simplicity, for over-ornamentation such
as the dwellers of your Earth practise, is not tolerated on our
planet--belong to the Commonwealth. The same are allotted to the
individual as a life tenure only.

The same custom prevails in the matter of personal property.
Should a Martian have use for a flying machine, also used by
another, or other kind of property for personal use, he does not
ask the use of same in the spirit that your Earth dwellers borrow
from one another. Use of the needed article is requested with
the idea that it belongs to the community: that all material
possessions are the common property of the entire race.

THE MILLIONS OF MARTIANS LIVE AS ONE FAMILY. IT IS THIS
SOLIDARITY, THIS FILIAL CONSIDERATION THAT ONE HOLDS FOR THE
OTHER THAT HAS MADE THE STUPENDOUS AND GIGANTIC PUBLIC WORKS ON
MARS POSSIBLE.

In the absence of a universal unity of purpose intelligent life