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... bigger than any other war, but it has struck deeper at the foundations of social and economic life. I doubt if we begin to realize how much of the ol... ...ting side by side with a dissentient and probably revolutionary Labour and Socialist convention—both gatherings with unsatisfac- tory credentials cont... ...nd urgent merely European necessities, a patch-up that has been made quasi-democratic in a series of after- thoughts, the American Constitution is a r... ...yed it has to be fought on purely party lines. He is the select man of the Democratic half, or of the Republican half of the nation. He is not the sel... ...andates in this matter. At present all the po- litical luncheon and dinner parties in London are busy with smirking discussions of “Who is to go?” The... ... conditions that are by the standards of the general league satisfactorily democratic. That seems to be only the com- mon sense of the matter. Every c... ...ter this essential fact, that the great educated world communities, with a social and industrial organization on a war-capable scale, are going to dom... ...hat is so or not, whether Germany is or is not to be one of the interested parties in the African solution, the fact remains that it is impossible to ... ...e of manipulation, that leads straight, not to the representation of small parties, but to a type of democratic government by selected best men. Befor...
...ood sense to be guided in civil matters by men who had studied the laws of social life and the theories of free government. He was justus et tenax pro... ...eir Northern brethren. They and their fami- lies had been more addicted to social pleasures. They are the descendants of the old English Cavaliers, wh... ... indeed there was such a shout of triumph that no ministry in a country so democratic could have ventured to go at once against it, and to do so witho... ... to their work with the exercise of all their energies. They organized the Democratic party so 58 North America V ol. 2 as to include the leaders amo... ...obably be given mainly to Madison and Hamilton, Madison finding the French democratic element, and Hamilton the English conserva- tive element—this qu... ...glish money. Russia and England are not more unlike in their political and social feelings than are the real slave States and the real free-soil State... ...reed, no such radical difference as to the essential rules of life between parties in our country. We have no such cause for personal rancor in our Pa... ... existed for some years past in both Houses of Congress. These two extreme parties were the slaveowners of the South and the aboli- tionists of the No... ...ed, and with their numbers their power and their violence. In this way two parties have been formed who could not look on each other without hatred. A...
...main thing to them. It can make this life comparatively comfortable to the parties concerned; the neglect of this training can make this life a const... ...t of this training can make this life a constant peril and distress to the parties con cerned. Y.M. Y ou have said that training is everything; that ... ...on the human race to reach up—up—up— and strike from its far summit in the social skies the world’ s accepted ideal of Glory and Might and Splendor an... ...hiavelli whom he depicts does not cease to be politically a republican and socially a just man because he holds up an atrocious des pot like Caesar B... ...o to speak. I don’t know what’s the reason, but these material tokens of a social decay afflict me terribly; a tipsy woman isn’t dreadfuler than a hag... ...and un expected way: Republican, a sinner mentioned in the Bible. Also in Democratic newspapers now and then. Here are two where the mistake has resu... ...mind the Baconian assumers have come out ahead of the Shakespearites. Both parties handle the same materials, but the Baconians seem to me to get much...
............................................... 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...
...er One: Education as a Necessity of Life .............................................................................. 5 Chapter Two: Education as a Social Function .............................................................................. 14 Chapter Three: Education as Direction ........................................................................................ ...
.......................................................................... 34 SOCIAL PANACEAS............................................................... ...remony inaugurate? The question is inevitable. There is nothing in all the social existence of men so full of challenge as the crowning of a king. It ... ...assured. I can conceive many of them, a little fatigued, preparing now for social dispersal, relaxing comfortably into gossip, discussing the detail o... ...d urgent social needs. They play a game, a long and interesting game, with parties as sides, a game that rewards the industrious player with prominenc... ... is an impos- sible social fragmentation. The transport service is to be a democratic republic, the mines are to be a democratic re- public, every gre... ...e mines are to be a democratic re- public, every great industry is to be a democratic republic 67 H. G . Wells within the State; our community is to ... ...d, a community of independent families protected by law and an intelligent democratic statecraft from the economic aggressions of large accumulations ... ...rganise a society, form a group for the control of the two chief political parties, bring about “socialism” in twenty-five years, or do anything beyon... ...the politi- cal arena at the same time, because only one party or group of parties can win. And going back for a moment to that point about a Uto- pia...
................ 27 THE LABOUR UNREST................................................................................................................ 34 SOCIAL PANACEAS...................................................................................................................... 61 SYNDICALISM OR CITIZENSHIP.................................................................
........................................................................... 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-...
...................................................................................................................................................... 4 SOCIALISM, ANARCHISM AND SYNDICALISM................................................................................................... 11 PART I HISTORICAL........................................................................
...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...
... 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...
...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 ...
...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...
...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...
...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...
.... 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, ...
...we may augur that he is not often blessed by one or other of the two great parties who subdivide this universe. In the case of Mr. Melchisedec it was ... ...s fair enemy, and to find a distraction for their legs. The classes of our social fabric have, here and there, slight connecting links, and provincial... ...her on deck,’ said the Countess. ‘Silva is too harassed for converse.’ The parties were thus divided. The silent Count was left to meditate on his wro... ...d!—I have been slaving in your interests. Y es; I have forced the Jocelyns socially to acknowledge us. I have not slept; I have eaten bare morsels. Do... ... him from beneath his bushy eyebrows. Before long he had again to call two parties to order. To Raikes, Laxley was a puppy: to Laxley, Mr. Raikes was ... ...re was the necessity for him to thrust the fact of his being that abhorred social pariah down the throats of an assembly of worthy good fellows? The a... ...’ exclaimed the frenzied Countess, within her bosom. Alas! it was almost a democratic outcry they made her guilty of; but she was driven past patience...
... attack.The job of the NMCC in such an emergency is to gather the relevant parties and establish the chain of command between the National Command Aut... ...centric and violent ideas sprouting in the fertile ground of political and social turmoil. It is the story of an organization poised to seize its hist... ...es (such as those promoted by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Arab Socialism or the Ba’ath Party of Syria and Iraq) that called for a single, ... ...ulers sought to buy off local Islamist movements by ceding control of many social and educational issues. Embold- ened rather than satisfied, the Isla... ...discos and beaches in Beirut, and in Greifswald was known to enjoy student parties and drinking beer.Although he continued to share an apartment in Gr... ...t has occurred with the full support of the Congress, both major political parties, the media, and the Amer- ican people. The nation has committed eno... ...Muslim states.A cen- tral government has been established in Kabul, with a democratic constitution, new currency, and a new army. Most Afghans enjoy g... ... communities.Y et even if his efforts are successful and elections bring a democratic government to Afghanistan, the United States faces some difficul... ...om ‘Muslimun/Muslims.’...Islamism is defined as ‘an Islamic militant, anti-democratic movement, bearing a holistic vision of Islam whose final aim is ...
... 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...
... 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...
... 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...