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... society. But that makes it all the more essential that public opinion and social environment should not be left to grow up at haphazard as they ordin... ...e state, are necessary because men’s community is imperfect, because man’s social nature expresses itself in conflicting ways, in the clash of interes... ...sses itself in conflicting ways, in the clash of interests, the rivalry of parties, and the struggle of classes, instead of in the united seeking afte... ...n their relative importance in the good life, but upon the strength of the parties which they represent. The mixed constitution is practicable in a st... ... as the birds. The gift of speech also evidently proves that man is a more social animal than the bees, or any of the herding cattle: for nature, as w... ...n some instances it is sufficiently clear, that it is advantageous to both parties for this man to be a slave, and that to be a master, and that it is... ...t, the sen- ate the oligarchical; and, that in the ephori may be found the democratical, as these are taken from the people. But some say, that in the... ...r, and that it is their common meal and daily course of life, in which the democratical form is represented. It is also said in this trea- tise of [12... ...stom be- ing broken through by the Leucadians, made their govern- ment too democratic; for by that means it was no longer necessary to be possessed of...

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...story, their culture and their traditions, DESIRING to enhance further the democratic and effi- cient functioning of the institutions so as to enable ... ...s Treaty, a single and stable currency, DETERMINED to promote economic and social progress for their peoples, within the context of the accomplishment... ...s: TITLE1 COMMON PROVISIONS ARTICLE A By this Treaty, the High Contracting Parties establish among themselves a European Union, hereinafter called “th... ...Union shall set itself the following objectives: - to promote economic and social progress which is bal- anced and sustainable, in particular through ... ...area without internal frontiers, through the strengthening of economic and social cohesion and through the establishment of economic and monetary unio... ...ation may be the subject of agreements between the Community and the third parties concerned, which shall be negotiated and concluded in accordance wi... ...of agreements between 63 The Maastrict Treaty the Community and the third parties concerned, which shall be negotiated and concluded in accordance wi... ...considers that transparency of the decision-making process strengthens the democratic nature of the institutions and the public’s confidence in the ad...

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...ial points or their personal attach ments; if a love of virtuous men of all parties and de nominations; if a love of science and letters and a wish ... ... then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and e... ...udg ment will correct false reasoning and opinions on a full hearing of all parties; and no other definite line can be drawn between the inestimable ... ... these conflicts the United States received great injury from several of the parties. It was their interest to stand aloof from the contest, to demand... ...ent under which we live—a Government adequate to every purpose for which the social compact is formed; a Government elec tive in all its branches, un... ...le Union is knit together by the sentiments of mutual respect, the habits of social inter course, and the ties of personal friendship formed be twee... ... other sovereignties, even by those which have been consid ered most purely democratic, we shall find a most es sential difference. All others lay c... ...ion for the adoption of a provision so appar ently repugnant to the leading democratic principle that the majority should govern, we must reject the ... ...ster of the Roman people and the senate under the pretense of supporting the democratic claims of the former against the aristocracy of the lat ter; ...

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...eld from the very earliest period when I had formed any opinions at all on social political matters, and which, instead of being weakened or modified,... ... the experi ence of life. That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes—the legal subordination of one sex t... ...osened than any of the rest by the progress the great modern spiritual and social tran sition; nor suppose that the barbarisms to which men cling lon... ...h Revolution, though in England the earlier and better organisation of the democratic classes put an end to it sooner, by establishing equal laws and ... ... it is accepted voluntarily; women make no com plaint, and are consenting parties to it. In the first place, a great number of women do not accept it... ... is not applied against the man, except to make him re sponsible to third parties for her acts, as a master is for the acts of his slaves or of his c... ...onnexion altogether has been a mistake, and it would be a blessing to both parties to be relieved from it. Some may say that the very thing by which a...

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...n of slavery. For its alleviation we trust to the natural affection of the parties, and to public opinion. A father cannot for his own credit let his ... ...y provides children with edifying adult society, or that the fam- ily is a social unit. The family is in that, as in so many other respects, a humbug.... ...k at the same pace without distress and final loss of health to one of the parties. When they are sitting indoors they cannot endure the same degrees ... ..., may or may not exist: when it does it either depends on qualities in the parties that would produce it equally if they were of no kin to one another... ...ions and imposition of snob- bery on children as a necessary part of their social training. The result of our economic folly is that we are a nation o... ...- strained by law at the suggestion of Robert Owen, the founder of English Socialism. Most of this legislation will become an insufferable restraint u... ...ds and the weather. Such a state of mind is incompatible not only with the democratic introduction of high civilization, but with the comprehension an... ...; and the same result is coming in England as fast as we make Democracy as democratic as it is in America. This is true also of popular religion: it i...

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...t in Christianity.) All comes from the labyrinthine intricacy in which the social action of Chris- tianity involves itself to the eye of a contemporar... ...st the infant faith. This be- ing so, and as the gods were really the only parties invited who got nothing at all of the banquet, it becomes a questio... ...amongst which he travelled: there was a sort of truce, indeed, between the parties; temples, with their religious services, and their votive offerings... ...to be explained only by one who should know the mysterious history of both parties from the eldest times. It is extraordinary, however, that Herodotus... ...have attempted to show, that from the same mighty influence had grown up a social influence of woman, which did not exist in pagan ages, and will here... ...e; secondly, that in the regular and ‘official’ meetings of the people, no social interest was ever discussed, but only some political interest. Now, ... ...y interpretation) in his utter ruin; that the sudden revolution, through a democratic movement, which was to raise himself and his brother apostles in... ...ion of an oath, (for which there was surely reason enough in days when the democratic tri- bunals were forcing men to swear to an et caetera;) and, by...

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...d perfect persons. We want men and women who shall reno- vate life and our social state, but we see that most na- tures are insolvent, cannot satisfy ... ...hen urged from reason and from Scripture a compensation to be made to both parties in the next life. No offence appeared to be taken by the congregati... ... his skin,” is sound philosophy. All infractions of love and equity in our social relations are speedily punished. They are punished by fear. Whilst ... ... given no opinion on the times, on the church, on slavery, on marriage, on socialism, on se- 84 Essays cret societies, on the college, on parties and... ...rriage, on socialism, on se- 84 Essays cret societies, on the college, on parties and persons, that your verdict is still expected with curiosity as ... ... the intercourse of life, like any passage betraying affection between two parties? Perhaps we never saw them before, and never shall meet them again.... ... an experiment in this way, and make themselves ridicu- lous. They acquire democratic manners, they foam at the mouth, they hate and deny. Worse, I ob... ...f that;—is pure of that.’ And nature advertises me in such persons that in democratic America 243 Emerson she will not be democratized. How cloistere... ...ecognizable, and in process of time will return to the mint. Nature is not democratic, nor limited-monarchical, but despotic, and will not be fooled o...

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...scover How Not To Do It. Since Dickens’s day the exposures effected by the Socialists have so shat- tered the self-satisfaction of modern commercial c... ...ssumption is that the country is in danger, and that the first duty of all parties, politi- cians, and governments is to save it. But as the ef- fect ... ...ung man marked out for office both by his parentage and his unquestionable social position as one of the gov- erning class. Also, and this was much le... ...ts protection, but also that enormous weight of public opinion enforced by social ostracism which is stronger than all the statutes. A censor pretendi... ...festly doomed to the dustbin, the sooner it goes there the better; for the democratic control which naturally suc- ceeds it can easily be limited so a...

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...you think Bismarck or Gladstone or Disraeli could have openly defied every social and moral obligation all their lives as your father has? They simply... ...ng to give me. The Stevenages could not do everything for you. We gave you social position. An- drew had to contribute something. He had a very good b... ...ghts on heavenly things— UNDERSHAFT [rising] And not on Trade Unionism nor Socialism. Excellent. CUSINS [revolted] You really are an infernal old rasc... ...you, my boy, and play with your caucuses and leading articles and historic parties and great leaders and burning questions and the rest of your toys. ... ...astrous, and tyrannical of all the fools, rascals, and impostors. I want a democratic power strong enough to force the intellectual oligarchy to use i...

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...it chiefly concerns within one and the same hour. The mighty Juggernaut of social life, moving onwards with its everlasting thunders, pauses not for a... ...ndirect, whether many or few. The increasing grandeur and magnitude of the social system, the more it multiplies and extends its victims, the more it ... ...ugh every hour of the golden morning the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old, the timid and the bold, nay, even of the most del... ...egree, by the time we reached the office. Already on our road thither some parties had passed us who were conversing with eagerness upon the case: so ... ...nal interest inevitably connected with a case to which there were two such parties as a brutal, sensual, degraded ruffian, on one side in character of... ... now its unity was broken. A new element was introduced into the question: Democratic feelings were armed against this outrage; gentlemen and nobles, ... ...e advan- tage which, for such a purpose, he derives from the exagger- ated social estimate of all violence. Personal security being so main an object ...

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...ought better of it.” “Am I to conclude,” said Miss Bartlett, “that he is a Socialist?” Mr. Beebe accepted the convenient word, not with- out a slight ... ...t twitching of the lips. “And presumably he has brought up his son to be a Socialist, too?” “I hardly know George, for he hasn’t learnt to talk yet. H... ...l his father’s mannerisms, and it is quite possible that he, too, may be a Social- ist.” “Oh, you relieve me,” said Miss Bartlett. “So you think I oug... ....” “Pardon me,” said a frigid voice. “The chapel is somewhat small for two parties. We will incommode you no longer.” The lecturer was a clergyman, an... ...would belong to a brainless club, and his wife would give brainless dinner parties. But down here he acts the little god with his gentility, and his p... ...?” “I don’t know whether they’re any Emersons,” re- torted Freddy, who was democratic. Like his sister and like most young people, he was naturally at...

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...sophers, and the contemplation of the idea of good takes the place of the social and political virtues. In the eighth and ninth books (4) the pervers... ...n of a deposit of gold which is to the injury of the receiver, if the two parties are friends, is not the repayment of a debt,—that is what you would... ... to their rulers in other States? Generally they call them masters, but in democratic States they simply call them rulers. And in our State what other... ...e have acknowl edged to be discord occurs, and a city is divided, if both parties destroy the lands and burn the houses of one an other, how wicked... ...s and ambitious, who answer to the Spartan polity; also the oligarchical, democratical, and tyrannical. Let us place the most just by the side of th... ...chical man; and then again we will turn our attention to democracy and the democratical man; and lastly, we will go and view the city of tyranny, and ...

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... to complain that this is a cold world; and to cold, no less physical than social, we refer di rectly a great part of our ails. The summer, in some c... ..., running in the face of it. If it had concerned either of the po litical parties, depend upon it, it would have appeared in the Gazette with the ear... ...ized country, where... people are judged of by their clothes.” Even in our democratic New England towns the accidental possession of wealth, and its m... ...one not interested in the success or failure of the present economical and social arrangements. I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for... ... ping at some brilliant station house in town or city, Walden 108 where a social crowd is gathered, the next in the Dis mal Swamp, scaring the owl a... ...ep a house. Say, some hollow tree; and then for morn ing calls and dinner parties! Only a woodpecker tap ping. Oh, they swarm; the sun is too warm t...

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...er One: Education as a Necessity of Life .............................................................................. 5 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function .............................................................................. 14 Chapter Three: Education as Direction ........................................................................................ ...

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............................................... 5 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function .............................................................. ....................................................... 74 Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education............................................ ................................... 105 Chapter Nine: Natural Development and Social Efficiency as Aims.........................................116 Chapt... ........................................ 270 Chapter Twenty-one: Physical and Social Studies: Naturalism and Humanism .................... 285 Chapter Tw... ... it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposi- tion of both the parties who partake in it. That the ulte- rior significance of every mode o... ...x- ternal formation, and as recapitulation of the past. Chapter Seven: The Democratic Conception in Education For the most part, save incidentally, we... ..., but industrial, scientific, religious, associations. There are political parties with differing aims, social sets, cliques, gangs, corporations, par... ... and emotional significance of this physical annihilation of space. 2. The Democratic Ideal. The two elements in our crite- rion both point to democra...

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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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... of this essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the mis-named doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual. A question seldom stated, and hardly ever discussed, in general terms, but which profoundly influences the...

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... opposed to the mis named doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimat... ...tbreak against monarchi cal and aristocratic despotism. In time, however, a democratic republic came to occupy a large portion of the earth’s surface... ... mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formi dable than many kinds of political oppression,... ...limit—how to make the fitting adjustment between individual independence and social control—is a subject on which nearly every On Liberty — Mill 7 ... ... his being aware that other ages, coun tries, sects, churches, classes, and parties have thought, and even now think, the exact reverse. He devolves ... ...oned. There is confessedly a strong tendency in the mod ern world towards a democratic constitution of so ciety, accompanied or not by popular polit... ...ey describe is not only a conceivable and possible, but a probable result of democratic feel ing, combined with the notion that the public has a righ... ...t only persons are not held to engagements which violate the rights of third parties, but it is sometimes considered a suffi cient reason for releasi... ... peculiarity that its objects are frustrated unless the feelings of both the parties are in harmony with it, should require nothing more than the decl...

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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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........................................................................... 4 SOCIALISM, ANARCHISM AND SYNDICALISM.......................................... ....................................................... 11 CHAPTER I MARX AND SOCIALIST DOCTRINE ........................................................... ........................................ 92 CHAPTER VII SCIENCE AND ART UNDER SOCIALISM .................................................................... ...me combination of ideal and organization as we find in Socialist political parties. It is from this standpoint that our study of these movements will ... ...wnership of land and capital. Com- munal ownership may mean ownership by a democratic State, but cannot be held to include ownership by any State whic... ...c State, but cannot be held to include ownership by any State which is not democratic. Communal ownership may also be under- stood, as Anarchist Commu... ...of regulating the political affairs of the com- munity . But all alike are democratic in the sense that they aim at abolishing every kind of privilege... ...difficult to put trust in the State as a means to liberty, or in political parties as instruments suffi- ciently powerful to force the State into the ... ...roups of intellectuals, eager to possess the profits of public employment. Parties are con- stituted in order to acquire the conquest of these employ-...

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...ar, they insist on first arriv- ing at an explicit understanding that both parties are to be perfectly free to sip every flower and change every hour,... ...re nobody knows; for in spite of the powerful protection af- forded to the parties by the law of libel, and the readiness of society on various other ... ...ctable man it can have only one meaning. The pious citizen, suspecting the Socialist (for example) of unmentionable things, and asking 5 Getting Marr... ...t highly civilized countries in the world, a marriage is dissolved if both parties wish it, without any question of conduct. That is what marriage mea... ...nogamy, chastity, temperance, respectability, morality, Christianity, anti-socialism, and a dozen other things that have no necessary connection with ... ...s are reinforced by human sacrifices, it has been reduced to a private and socially inoperative eccen- tricity by the introduction of civil marriage a... ...here is some question of sexual morals to be dealt with. The business of a democratic statesman is not, as some of us seem to think, to convince the v... ...he pendulum” at the next election. Therein lies the peril and the glory of democratic statesmanship. A states- man who confines himself to popular leg... ...ds if the price is refused, and even to feel relieved at their escape. Our democratic and matrimonial institutions may have their merits: at all event...

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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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... that in- tolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties. For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at ma... ...ant passions will be let loose. T o judge from the conduct of the opposite parties, we shall be led to conclude that they will mutually hope to evince... ...om and pru- dence will not be diminished by the passions which actuate the parties immediately interested. But not only fewer just causes of war will ... ... the sword, would chastise such atrocious breaches of moral obligation and social justice. The probability of incompatible alliances between the dif- ... ...of territory which may be brought within the compass of republican than of democratic government; and it is this circumstance principally which render... ...ess perceived, as most of the popular governments of antiquity were of the democratic species; and even in modern Europe, to which we owe the great pr... ...ederal head, 90 The Federalist Papers as resulting from the nature of the social compact between the States, it must be by inference and construction... ...y 196 The Federalist Papers claimed and afforded; and as well by the most democratic, as the other cantons. A recent and well-known event among ourse... ..., are contrary to the first prin- 201 The Federalist Papers ciples of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former...

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...of John Ball, Marx’s Capital, and half a dozen other literary landmarks in Socialism. Opposite him on the left, near the typewriter, is the door. Furt... ...outside into strong relief. The Reverend James Mavor Morell is a Christian Socialist clergyman of the Church of England, and an active member of the G... ...ngland, and an active member of the Guild of St. Matthew and the Christian Social Union. A vigorous, genial, popular man of forty, robust and goodlook... .... Indepen- dent Labor Party, Greenwich Branch, on Thursday. Monday, Social-Democratic Federation, Mile End Branch. Thursday, first Confirmation class—... ..., I’ll introduce you to the biggest jobbers I can get to come to my dinner parties. BURGESS (who has risen with a sheepish grin and accepted the hand ...

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...er to be seen be- yond the limits of his own domain, and, in this wide and social world, was utterly companionless—unless, indeed, that un- natural, i... ...e. I remember still more distinctly, that while he was pro- nounced by all parties at first sight “the most remarkable man in the world,” no person ma... ... you know that our immortal Wiggins is not so original in his views of the Social Condition and so forth, as his contemporaries are in- clined to supp... ...t. The passengers were, consequently, in high spirits and dis- posed to be social. I must except, however, Wyatt and his sisters, who behaved stiffly,... ...y—re- joinder—confutation—and justification—followed in the col- umns of a Democratic Gazette. It was not until the opening of the vault to decide the... ... controversy, that the appearance of Mr. Windenough and myself proved both parties to have been decidedly in the wrong. I cannot conclude these detail... ... As soon, therefore, as a building-project is fairly afoot by one of these parties, we merchants secure a nice corner of the lot in contemplation, or ... ... disadvantage of having no monkey—and American streets are so muddy, and a Democratic rabble is so obstrusive, and so full of demnition mischievous li...

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...f them could write; and they were the sole repositories of culture who had social opportunities of con- tact with our politicians, administrators, and... ... implements 6 Heartbreak House for forming the mind of the perfect modern Socialist and Creative Evolutionist. It was a curious experience to spend S... ...h law. The climax of legal lawlessness was reached in France. The greatest Socialist statesman in Europe, Jaures, was shot and killed by a gentleman w... ...hat our own militarism and our own political constitution are millennially democratic (which they certainly are not); but when it came to frantic denu... ...que that I cannot mention them without enabling the reader to identify the parties, which would not be fair, as they were no more to blame than thousa... ...the life of the tiger from a hunting party: one of King Edward’s hunt- ing parties in India. The King was furious: that was why he never had his milit... ...ming people, most advanced, unprejudiced, frank, hu- mane, unconventional, democratic, free-thinking, and ev- erything that is delightful to thoughtfu...

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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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... gen- erous ardour, the better part of the man too often withheld from the social commerce, and the contact of mind with mind evaded as with terror. A... ...n geniality . Thus, 12 Robert Louis Stevenson at least, we have a healthy democratic atmosphere to breathe in while at work; even when there is no co... ...shipped in another church, held dif- ferent morals, and obeyed a different social constitution from his fellow-countrymen either of the south or north... ...house where I spent my youth was not yet thought upon; but we made holiday parties among the cornfields on its site, and ate strawberries and cream ne... ...leasures bear discussion for their own sake, but only those which are most social or most radically human; and even these can only be discussed among ... ...and strength among themselves effectually prevents the appear- ance of the democratic notion. Or we might more exactly compare their society to the cu...

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... full of pathos, full of truth, full of a high eloquence. Superstition and social exigency having been thus dealt with in the first two members of the... ...d, and free from bashfulness or affectation. If he made a slip, he had the social courage to pass on and refrain from explanation. He was not embar- r... ...tances. It was, in short, an admirable ap- pearance on the stage of life – socially successful, intimately self-respecting, and like a gentleman from ... ...der the different dates. 53 Familiar Studies of Men & Books pity for both parties concerned. This was not the wife who (in his own words) could “ente... ...ular and poetical presentment; and, in so doing, catch and stereotype some democratic ideal of humanity which should be equally natural to all grades ... ...ip that it takes place on a level higher than the actual characters of the parties would seem to war- rant.” This is to put friendship on a pedestal i... ...n that it takes place on a lower level than the charac- ters of any of the parties would warrant us to expect. The society talk of even the most brill...

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... difficulty occurred, and frequently chosen an arbitrator between contending parties. At his table he liked to have, as often as he could, some sensib... ...rs of the world, the wars, revolutions, etc., are carried on and affected by parties. “That the view of these parties is their present general interes... ..., or what they take to be such. “That the different views of these different parties occa sion all confusion. “That while a party is carrying on a ge... ... to be brought to every fire; and we agreed to meet once a month and spend a social evening together, in discoursing and communicating The Autobiograp... ...much prerogative in it, and in England it was judg’d to have too much of the democratic. The Board of Trade therefore did not approve of it, nor recom...