ThesemodernUtopianswiththeuniversallydiffusedgoodmanners, theuniversaleducation, thefinefreedomsweshallascribetothem, theirworldunity, worldlanguage, world-widetravellings, world-widefreedomofsaleandpurchase, willremainmeredreamstuff, incredibleevenbytwilight, , thecommonlibertyoftheUtopianswillnotembracethecommonlibertytobeunserviceable, ? WhatwillbetheeconomicsofamodernUtopia?
Nowinthefirstplace, astatesovastandcomplexasthisworldUtopia, andwithsomigratoryapeople, , anditisnotinconceivablethat, forallhissorrowfulthoughts, ourbotanist, withhistrainedobservation, hishabitoflookingatlittlethingsupontheground, wouldbetheonetoseeandpickupthecointhathasfallenfromsomewayfarer'spocket.(This, inourfirsthourorsobeforewereachtheinnintheUrserenThal.) YoufigureusuponthehighGotthardroad, headstogetheroverthelittlediskthatcontrivestotellussomuchofthisstrangeworld.
Itis, Iimagine, ofgold, anditwillbeaconvenientaccidentifitissufficienttomakeussolventforadayorso, , moreover, ofafairroundsize, andtheinscriptiondeclaresitoneLion, equalto "twaindy" , thislattermustbeatokencoin, andthereforelegaltenderforbutasmallamount.(, foronceheplannedaUtopiancoinage, [Footnote: ASystemofMeasures, byWordsworthDonisthorpe.] "legaltender" .) AndbeinginUtopia, thatunfamiliar "twaindy" suggestsatoncewehavecomeuponthatmostUtopianofallthings, aduodecimalsystemofcounting.
