Spencer Heath Archive

Item 2513

Microfilmed page about Citadel, Market & Altar followed by nine versions of a prospective letter to publishers soliciting their interest in the book. The first two are presumed to be the drafts referred to in the letter from Winifred Clark just following. The rest are in no special order. Note that some additional material, similar but not quite identical, is included with the originals. All believed to be from spring of 1943

   CITADEL, MARKET AND ALTAR

     The Outline of a New Science                     

                      SOCIONOMY

        The Science of Society

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A Basic Unification of the Social and the Phys­ical Energy Fields and a Resulting Social Tech­nology Correspondingly Applicable in the Field of Societal Phenomena

                    IN THREE PARTS

PART ONE discovers and describes the heretofore unrecognized but constantly operating technolog­ical principle of civilized community life —- of the social organism in perfect parallel with the conscious technology that, under the motivation of profits in exchange for services, works its wonders in the physical and the natural world.

PART TWO diagrams the spontaneous extension of this social technology into the field of public and governmental affairs as planned services to the public, through public-spirited private initiative by free enterprise under profit motiva­tion, with consequent mass prosperity and enor­mous new incomes and fortunes resulting therefrom.

PART THREE visions the high state of existence open to all, once this basic technique of per­forming public services is publicized and spon­taneously applied for the sake of immediate hon­orable profits and the quite fabulous earned for­tunes that await its full development and application in the field of public services and affairs.

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Dear So-and-so:

I would like very much to send you my manuscript, called THE ENERGY CONCEPT OF SOCIETY, The Foundation of a New Science, SOCIONOMY, the Science of Society. But, before forwarding this to you, I would like to tell you something about it.

 A former industrialist turning philosopher, I thought for a decade without writing. I now seek an aggressive publisher, one who will give it the benefit of his best facili­ties – with or without financial risk.

 It is a BASIC book, laying the foundation for a new objective science, a natural science of Society. It deals with population, society, civilization, deftly from the ground up from a new point of view and from this foundation it discloses how society works, not how it fails, and makes obvious how it can work more. With the charm of a wonder-book it pictures the marching generations of men as energy waves, shows in the social body the same three energy elements as in physics and in physiology, shows social energy without strife liberating individual energy — society, socialized mankind, as a divine agency for the continuing creation and re-creation of a world.

 It Is not merely another post-war panacea, super­power prescription. It exposes the manner of growth, societal growth for all times. Aloof from the fatuous clamor for more government and super-governments, it shows rulership the oppo­site of service, private or public, all real services, non-political, non-compulsive.

 Furthermore, it brings to light an institution now little understood, widespread as government, yet practicing no force or coercion against the public it serves and by whom it is automatically paid or penalized in exact proportion as it serves or fails. This institution is shown as destined to supersede rulership, its high earnings and high honors being the twin incentives to its growth.

 Would you be interested in reading this book your­self and giving it your serious consideration? If so, will you let me know when it would be convenient for me to bring the manuscript in — or, if you prefer, I can mail it to you at once.

Cordially,

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Dear Sir:

Here’s your rara avis, a BASIC book, the foundation for a new objective science, a natural science of Society.

 With the charm of a wonder-book it pictures the genera­tions of men as a system of energy waves; shows the social body’s same three energy elements as in physics and physiol­ogy; discovers the basic social process that liberates indi­vidual energies — Society a Divine Agency for the material — and, yet more, the spiritual — creation of a New World.

 Above all schemes for more government and super-govern­ments, it distinguishes public services from public rulership; sets services apart from compulsions; shows all polit­ical technique essentially force and ultimately war.

 But it discloses in our midst a social institution, an­cient, non-political, practicing no compulsions on the public it so vitally serves and by whom it is automatically repaid — in the exact degree that it serves. This institution is shown destined to supersede rulership, — “services” by the meth­ods of war — great earnings with high honors its sure incen­tive to extension and growth. Non-political proprietary admin­istration providing and dispensing community services produc­tively and receiving none but voluntary public revenue abun­dantly, instead of taking taxes destructively by force.

 And in this tax-release of production and exchange — this emancipation of the capitalist system from the technique of conquest — it shows, through the profitable administration of stupendous public and private fortunes, a free and open high­way to the socialist ideal — the Utopian Dream.

 Former industrialist turned social philosopher, this au­thor thought long BEFORE writing. He now writes only from inner compulsion, with no need or motive of gain. He seeks an alert publisher with an eye to reputation and good facil­ities of distribution — with or without taking financial risk.

The book is well-typed, diagramed, loose leaf, zipper bound.  A few moments will suffice to show whether you could become interested. May I present it to you personally for such a brief preliminary inspection?

Cordially,

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Dear Mr. Heath:                       April 18, 1943

To be perfectly frank, I did not think your second letter as good as the first one; not as simple in its explanation of your book, or as provocative.

 I have, however, incorporated some of it in this new revision; sort of combined the “best features of both.”

 There is no point in saying that the book is well-typed, diagramed, etc. This they would expect and can be seen in a moment when the manuscript reaches them.

 You may not like my revision at all, but I think it is better than the last one. The main thing, it seems to me, in this letter is to have it attract his atten­tion and be provocative enough so that he will want to see the manuscript. It should not pretend to be more than that, just a “come-on” so to speak, simply and briskly written, I think your second letter tries to do more than that, tries to go into too much detail about the book. Perhaps I am wrong and you may not agree.

 I would suggest we try this out on two pub­lishers and see what happens. If neither one “bites” we will know our letter is not right.

 Let me know what you think,

 I’m sorry to have been so long in getting this revision to you, but I have been terribly busy — still am, as a matter of fact,

Sincerely,

/s/ Winifred H. Clark

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Mankind weeps, fights, and bleeds for security and peace. And men dream of a world union, of a power over powers, of an EMPIRE of peace. Can IT guard and serve but not enslave; TAX and rule, yet not destroy?

 Why must ANY government, as a SERVICE, have at the last no support but forced levies, causing insecurity, counter-violence, revolution and war? No other service takes money or property by violence from any whom it serves. Why must public services — governments — do so? Can such force against a people save them FROM force? — Or must their protection be had by FREE CONTRACT — purchase and payment — as all other true services are?

 Every community pays for PRIMARY public services — a peace­able administration, by a CONTRACTUAL mode of distribution, of its sites and resources, and thereby of all its public advan­tages — AUTOMATICALLY, with the incomes and values SITE OWNERS by these SERVICES earn and receive. Few are now aware of this PRIMARY public service to which these payments AUTOMATICALLY respond, yet it might well be EXTENDED to provide PROTECTION and all other desired PUBLIC SERVICES, with ENORMOUS PROFITS to the OWNERS and GUARANTEED FREEDOM and PROSPERITY to ALL.

 It is only necessary that publicly articulate persons discover and make well known this SELF-FINANCING PUBLIC SERVICE that creates its own revenues, without taxation, endowment or alms. OWNERS OF THE SITES then will organize to save their communities from force and waste and supply further services to make still larger revenues — just as ANY sound business grows — until taxation is out-moded and force becomes but a service of protection, alike against public violence as against private crimes.

 Would you like to look at either a topical synopsis or full-length manuscript the practical thesis of which is tersely stated above?

Sincerely yours,

SH:M

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Here is an unusual book, — fresh, timely, unique, — the working out­line for a new OBJECTIVE science, a NATURAL SCIENCE of Society.

 Research engineer, inventor, ex-industrialist, student of the sci­ences and master-of-laws, this author LOOKS BEYOND PROBLEMS to discover PROCESSES — the basic social structures and their NORMAL functioning.

 Taking the same basis as physical science, this book treats of population as a multiplex SYSTEM OF ENERGY WAVES having variable frequen­cy, according to the average life-span attained by its successive gener­ations, and constituting, by its SOCIAL functioning, the only organized life-form or organism that has power to subdue and re-create its environ­ing world and to become thereby SELF CONDITIONED.

 Clearly distinguishing voluntary SOCIAL processes from the polit­ical and coercive, this writer finds public SERVICES essentially UNLIKE the general public practices that DEPEND ON FORCE and thus cause wars,

 By this distinction he discovers an EXISTING SOCIAL INSTITUTION, ever present, non-political, imposing no coercion upon the public whom it silently yet vitally serves, and by whom it is AUTOMATICALLY repaid.

 Having ONLY VOLUNTARY REVENUES, without taking by force (as do conquerors following conquests), this ancient yet still infant institution is shown fully potent to displace rulership and force with the SERVICES of peace, IMMENSE NEW INCOME AND PROPERTY VALUES becoming its incentive and reward, not as a taxing and enslaving power but as the guardian of freedom and peace, PAID PUBLIC SERVANT, and protector of all.

 And in this release of THE SOCIAL PROCESS from taxation and conse­quent enslavement to a coercive power he sees the FREE system of public and private capital administration BY ITS OWN NORMAL PROCESSES moving directly into progressive realizations of the ultimate social ideal.

 Would you be interested in the manuscript or a topical synopsis of a work of this kind?

Sincerely yours,

SH M

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Here is an unusual book — the foundation of a new OBJECTIVE science, a NATURAL SCIENCE of society.

 Resting on the same basis that underlies astronomy and physics, chem­istry and biology, it diagrams the rising and repeating generations of men as energy waves; shows in the social structures the same three energy elements as in physics and physiology, and how social energy liberates individual energy without conflict or strife — society as an organism that functions to rebuild and re-create its world.

 Sharply distinguishing the SOCIAL from the political, this writer sets public services against public rulership and shows all political or governmental techniques to be fundamentally force and ultimately war.

 But he discovers in our midst a SOCIAL institution, ever present, non-political, practicing no compulsions and laying no burdens on the pub­lic whom it vitally serves and by whom it is automatically repaid — in the precise degree that it actually does serve. This ancient, yet still in­fant, institution is shown destined to supersede rulership (public ser­vices supported by methods akin to conquest and war) — immense earnings and high honors being sure incentives to its extension and growth.

 And in this tax-emancipation of production and exchange — this freedom of the SOCIAL PROCESS from the exactions of political power (like tribute and economic control after conquest) — he shows a free and open highway, through the SOCIAL administration of stupendous public and private for­tunes, to a happy realization of the socialist ideal — the Utopian Dream.

 Lawyer, student of the sciences, industrialist and research engineer, this writer airs no prejudices, parades no problems, but announces discov­eries hitherto unknown. And he writes from inner impulse alone, without need or motive of gain. He seeks an alert publisher who has zest for what is original end significant, good distribution facilities and an eye to future reputation. Financial risk not essential.

 A few moments examination of the well-prepared manuscript and topical synopsis will show whether you could become interested. May I show it to you personally for such preliminary inspection?

Sincerely yours,

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