ABSTRACT
But the efficiency of this penetration depends on the ability of the propagandist to pick the right people. He must be like the wise farmer who 'because he cannot till a vast field with his own two hands alone, encloses a few pieces with hedges, and cultivates them carefully, so that he is sure of a good harvest.'3 Every propagandist had to learn to ignore the 'fearful and feeble' so as to concentrate on the courageous ones, those from whose ranks the 'good soldiers' and the 'powerful agitators' for the socialist word would be drawn. The suggested methods of initiating a discussion with someone quite ignorant of socialism presuppose that the propagandist is trying to bring about a kind of socialist revelation. Thus we find Morgari suggesting that 'when people are talking about public or private calamities, the conditions of work, their misery or family troubles, the propagandist ought to exclaim "There is one remedy for this, and one alone - socialism." Everyone turns their heads to listen, and he sets out the ideas.'4
