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...destruction of the Self. So on we go, active in science and mechanics, and social reform. But we have exhausted ourselves in the process. We have foun... ...e male spirit, which would subdue the immediate flesh to some conscious or social pur- pose, is overthrown. The woman in her maternity is the law- giv... ...pirit from the self, the reaction from the great aristocratic to the great democratic principle. An ordinary instinctive man, in Hamlet’s position, wo... ...h only the looser women go, with these reckless young men. He also gets up parties of pleasure, and is chiefly responsible for the coming of the playe... ...orce public opinion. Be- tween the clerical party and the radicals and the socialists, what canons were left that were absolute? Besides, these wild v... ...hould any one stay there! I went on up the pass itself. There were various parties of visitors on the roads and tracks, people from towns incon- gruou...

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... it freshly for a trifle; and the hoar-headed nineteenth-century billow of democratic ire craved the word to be set swelling. ‘Am I the fellow you mea... ...mercenaries! And that lands me in Red Republicanism, a hop and a skip from Socialism! said Mr. Radnor, and chuckled ironi- cally at the natural decliv... ...their poultry, cows, cream. And a certain influence one has in the country socially. I make my stand on a home— not empty punctilio.’ 22 One of Our C... ...could, considering their immense extension; and except for the sen- sitive social name, he was of single-minded purpose. 37 George Meredith T urning ... ...g; or when he was not too distinctly seen by her to be shooting at all the parties of her beloved England, beneath the wicked semblance of shielding e... ... 61 George Meredith The young gentleman introduced to the Radnor Concert- parties by Lady Grace Halley as the Hon. Dudley Sowerby, had to bear the si... ...view of safety from intrusion, I can admit-speaking humbly. But one of the parties—I had a wish to gratify him—is a lover of old English times and hab... ... ‘Court! my girl? But the arduous duties are over for the season. We are a democratic people retaining the seductions of monarchy, as a friend says; a... ...iors; and, over this country at least, require the refresh- ment, that the democratic sprouts in them may be recon- ciled with aristocracy. Do not lis...

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...tic by its opponents in power? Where the Opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of Communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries? Two things result from this fact....

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...ack the branding reproach of Communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary ad versaries? Two things res... ... into vari “The Communist Manifesto” 3 ous orders, a manifold gradation of social rank. In an cient Rome we have patricians, knights, plebeians, sl... .... Constant revolutionising of production, unin terrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlast ing uncertainty and agitation distinguish t... ...had even a presentiment that such productive forces slumbered in the lap of social labour? We see then: the means of production and of exchange, on w... ...? The Communists do not form a separate party opposed to other working class parties. They have no interests separate and apart from those of the prol... ... move ment. The Communists are distinguished from the other work ing class parties is only: (1) In the national struggles of the proletarians of the... ...t of the fact that this party consists of antago nistic elements, partly of Democratic Socialists, in the French sense, partly of radical bourgeois.... ...e time. Finally, they labour everywhere for the union and agree ment of the democratic parties of all countries. The Communists disdain to conceal th...

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..... 15 Chapter III That the ideally best Form of Government is Representative Government .................................... 34 Chapter IV Under what Social Conditions Representative Government is Inapplicable ................................... 51 Chapter V Of the Proper Functions of Representative Bodies.......................................................................

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... the state of the country in regard to the distribution of the elements of social power. Whatever is the strongest power in society will obtain the go... ...sence of the whole, the seat of the supreme power, is determined for it by social circumstances. That there is a portion of truth in this doctrine I a... ...on opinion, is to forget that opinion is itself one of the greatest active social 14 Considerations on Representative Government forces. One person w... ...ity alone is cared for, but not liberty; where the con tests of political parties are but struggles to decide whether the power of meddling in every ... ... have the strongest distaste for any mere struggle for office by political parties or individuals; and there are few things to which they have a great... ...he only thing which Parliament decides is, which of two, or at most three, parties or bodies of men shall furnish the execu tive government: the opin... ...y as, without interfer ing materially with the characteristic benefits of democratic government, to do away with these two great evils, or at least t... ...y human contrivance. The common mode of attempting this is by limiting the democratic character of the representation through a more or less restricte... ...ons and injured or menaced interests to lean upon. The great difficulty of democratic government has hitherto seemed to be, how to provide in a democr...

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...the evi dence of Livy, and upheld, to the best of my ability, the Ro man Democratic party. A few years later, in my contempt of my childish efforts,... ...ory. Saturated as the book is with the opinions and modes of judgment of a democratic radicalism then regarded as ex treme; and treating with a sever... ...s. It allied itself with all my juvenile aspirations to the character of a democratic champion. What had hap pened so lately, seemed as if it might e... ...e is feeble and precarious, but the opinion of its necessity for moral and social purposes almost universal; and when those who reject revelation, ver... ...ound in a young man formed by a particular mode of thought or a particular social circle. His younger brother, Charles Austin, of whom at this time an... ...ency of an aristocratic body of this composition, to group itself into two parties, one of them in possession of the executive, the other endeavouring... ...dical Review, with pretensions equal to those of the established organs of parties, had excited much attention, there could be no room for hesitation,... ...th which they tilted against the very front of both the existing political parties; their uncompromising profes sion of opposition to many of the gen... ...l of my companions formed a class. For several years from this period, our social studies assumed a shape which contributed very much to my mental pro...

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... no means the outcome of malevolence, but depend on their education, their social status, even their professions. The good artist should expect no rec... ... firmer ground, being based on the reality of forms and the observation of social phenomena, whereas history is based on documents, and the read- ing ... ...fore we behold him in the dock, a stranger to all historical, political or social considerations which can be brought to bear upon his case. He remain... ...ation, for the honour, for the fun of the thing. The virtuous, industrious democratic States of to-morrow may yet be reduced to fighting for a crust o... ... arouse her cupidity be- cause she had salt mines of her own. No doubt the democratic complexion of Polish institutions was very distasteful to the co... ... modified and confirmed by two other treaties, which guaranteed to all the parties in a just and eternal union all their rights, liberties, and respec... ...at different times, simply be- cause good care was taken by the interested parties to stop the mouth of the accused. But it has never carried much con... ... its problems by its distant friends, the West- ern Powers, which in their democratic development must recognise the moral and intellectual kinship of... ... out that this plan is the only one offering serious guarantees to all the parties occu- pying their respective positions within the scheme. If her ex...

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...he thought the country ruined 8 Personal Memoirs beyond recovery when the Democratic party lost control in 1860. Her family, which was large, inherit... ... during the war, and remains a firm believer, that national success by the Democratic party means irretrievable ruin. In June, 1821, my father, Jesse ... ... for a western village. It is, and has been from its earliest existence, a democratic town. There was probably no time during the rebellion when, if t... ...vered by sheds to break the rays of the sun. The summer was whiled away in social enjoyments among the officers, in visiting those sta- tioned at, and... ...r was spent more agreeably than the summer had been. There were occasional parties given by the planters along the “coast”—as the bottom lands on the ... ...ce was settled satisfactorily, and “honorably,” in the esti- mation of the parties engaged. I do not believe I ever would have the courage to fight a ... ...by the skill of the engineers, converted into a defence for the assaulting parties while securing their positions for final attack. All the troops wit... ...d, otherwise, sensible persons appeared to believe that emancipation meant social equality. T reason to the Government was openly advocated and was no... ...children. The nation still lives, and the people are just as free to avoid social intimacy with the blacks as ever they were, or as they are with whit...

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.... It had been arranged, or possibly it was the custom of the day, that the parties should proceed separately to church. By some accident the bridegroo... ... his equals in age, partook of the enmity of their parents. His tender and social nature had already overflowed in attachments to everything about him... ...first provincial charter, un- der which our forefathers had enjoyed almost democratic privileges! He that was styled the arch-enemy of New En- gland, ... ...itutions and customs that were connected with it, had never yielded to the democratic her- esies of after times. The young queen of Britain has not a ... ...n of the manner in which the world kept itself cheerful and prosperous, by social pleasures and an intercourse of busi- ness, while he, in seclusion, ...