{"date":"July 6","id":"07-06","intro":["When Europe was suffering from evil rulers, heavy taxes, and despair, Sir Thomas More dreamed of a happy land where an intelligently managed state perfected happiness."],"minutes":18,"readings":[{"author":"Sir Thomas More","end":142,"start":135,"volume":36,"work":"Utopia"}],"slug":"july-6","status":"proofread","title":"The Origin of “Utopia”","url":"/harvard-classics/july-6/","words":3546}