Democracy and Social Growth in America: Four LecturesG. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 - 129 strani |
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... society were wanting , and a new social growth be- gan , with few of the hampering influences of artificial restrictions and distinctions . Never before , within historic times , had there been offered to man such an ample field of ...
... society were wanting , and a new social growth be- gan , with few of the hampering influences of artificial restrictions and distinctions . Never before , within historic times , had there been offered to man such an ample field of ...
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Four Lectures Bernard Moses. of established society , by which individuals are kept bound in their places of inferiority and superiority . In the unsettled regions of America there was the widest freedom from the restraints of ...
Four Lectures Bernard Moses. of established society , by which individuals are kept bound in their places of inferiority and superiority . In the unsettled regions of America there was the widest freedom from the restraints of ...
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... society in the actual process of formation . We have seen men build communities , and by slow degrees organize a body politic . First , in this pro- cess , came the creation of an agency or institution to do certain work which the society ...
... society in the actual process of formation . We have seen men build communities , and by slow degrees organize a body politic . First , in this pro- cess , came the creation of an agency or institution to do certain work which the society ...
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... society in a new field , are not the drones , the ineffectives , or those who feel that their work is finished . Such as these are left behind . The new community , therefore , begins its career with the mini- mum of conservatism and ...
... society in a new field , are not the drones , the ineffectives , or those who feel that their work is finished . Such as these are left behind . The new community , therefore , begins its career with the mini- mum of conservatism and ...
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... society . Our English ancestors generally kept themselves in this condition . In coloni- zing America they were uncompromising . They moved steadily and irresistibly for- ward , and their advance was marked by the disappearance of the ...
... society . Our English ancestors generally kept themselves in this condition . In coloni- zing America they were uncompromising . They moved steadily and irresistibly for- ward , and their advance was marked by the disappearance of the ...
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advantage affairs already America appears attained authority become body canton of Switzerland cantons century cial citizens civilization co-operation complete conflict consequently conspicuous corporations democracy democracy in America democratic spirit ditions duction economic employers ences enlightened equality of material ernment essentially European existence expect fact favor forces form of government form of society French Revolution furnish G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS governmental half-knowledge ideal important independent individual industrial inequality of material influence institutions intellectual intelligence knowledge laborers ligion lives maintained material conditions means mediæval ment method monarchical moreover movement nation nomic organization persons phases political position present preserve principle progress realize relation religion republic result Revolution Roman empire Roman Republic seek separation of trades social development social equality social growth socialistic society grows Spanish strong superior tend tendency tion true trusts universal universal suffrage wealth
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Stran 20 - Moses said that with no restrictions placed upon the movements of individual members of such a society, "the fittest in the several lines of activity acquire positions of advantage, and the less fit fall behind or are crowded to the wall.
Stran 18 - The golden age of English oratory, which extends over the last quarter of the eighteenth and the first quarter of the nineteenth centuries, produced no speaker, either in Parliament or at the Bar, superior in persuasive force and artistic finish to Thomas Lord Erskine.
Stran 23 - ... equality of material conditions to inequality of material conditions as a characteristic feature of progress under freedom, particularly as it appears in industrial society . . . whether the government interferes in behalf of individuals, or simply stands for order the outcome of industrial development will be essentially the same in both cases, and that an increasing inequality.85 To mitigate this dismal trend Moses could offer only the inculcation of a strong religious faith and an "awakening...