The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-30

ment Of the new faith is explained in ar
| guments here and there throughout the
book. The doubt which pervades The
| world has nowadays extended even to ths
| Peoples faith in their own rights. They
| are beginning to be dubious about theil
own power to govern, to wonder why, IL
a free country, there is still practical
slavery. and why the rule of the ma
jority is still harsh and unfeeliug; to Ia
ment the delightful gracious life which
was part of the old regime. and which is
now remembered, as beautiful things are
to the exclusion of all the harsh and ugly
! features. One is moved sometimes tc
| think this is a proof of the irresistible
| tendency of the universe toward perfec-
| ton, this fact that the beautiful will not
! be forgotten, and that II there be any
| fine or noble thing in a bad system, the
world will not overlook 1t after the de-
strnction of that system, but must re-
/ greet it, and perhaps go back and pick II
up. AS the present author puts it, "a
satyrhoof has been in the rose gardens,
and democracy has too often shown ugly
features. But he does not take hope
less view of this, nor does he make che
mistake of wishing despotism back. He
! says:
The world has had enough and has come to the
( end of that blighting, consumptive quality OF
democracy which has gone so far TO make the
world seem neral wilderness, arid and flower
! less of beauty. democracy has RACED temples and
! Palaces; let see what it build? We
have had the nay OF it; await the yea. II
has advertised the things that are not great;
! Its pressing engagement now is to disclose the
! things that 1t has set its brand on pride
| and privilege, the boast and pomp of rank
/ ana honor-marked for destruction the glory OF
] this world II is time for the revelation of the
| greater glory.
| We have he'd the law; We expect now the Cos
! Eel OF democracy. So far it mas been Mosaic.
/ prohibitive-its message mainly Thou shalt
! not 1t has despised old shams, but it has not
! invented valors. 1t has put down the
! mighty, but it has not made the commons royal.
! 1t has withheld its trust from princes; but it
1 has not known where else TO put its trust.
The people sick of negations; it is neces-
saTy that the poets and the artists should come.
! The world has lost interest in the dlsoouraging
I theorem that man is better than another.
Nor does it find satisfaction in the rule Of the
majority. There is advantage in being buiied
by crowd. The democracy OF blank negations is
played out.
Unlike some other authors, Mr.. Fergi-
son does not ignore the remnants of Oh
World thought that are still warning with
and very nearly conquering-the demo-
cratic spirit that made this country. His
democracy does not consist of pretty theo-
ries nor does he contemplate a future for
this country which shall involve isolation
from other lands He says:
We cannot be separated from the rest In spite
of tariffs the illimitable seas and the old ethnic
jeaousies and exclusions, the world has all things
common. Whatever happens to one man, happens
to everybody You cannot take your tea and be
careless OF the coolies You would have 10 settle
with them anyhow in n thousand year,. You must
settle great deal sooner now, considering the
regularity of the mails and the facilities Of cir
culstion.
NOT in the Fined s+sfss Trsre ;s ~ sa~t Of
tyranny profieaey, or hardness Of heart in any
other county that is not here The great contra
diction OF the age is wrought out here it is in
Europe. here, as there the old order, the regime
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Again
II has been supposed that we could first settle
the bread question and then proceed to finer is
sues But there are no finer issues-there is no;h-
ing nner than common bread, unless 1t be bread
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frnfatbomabIe mysterious rsnirituaI and ,bsra IL
room in it for the most magnificent adventure Of
the ideal. 1t is not necessary to 60 apart from
it in order to think or to aspire; the dignity of
thlnking IS IN labor, and the dignity OF labor Is
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sential moral laws. But thew are not local shifts:
they are not other than the essential, moral laws
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There is no such attempt in Mr. Fergu-
sons hook neither is there the bittarnees
which comes from having eynerianced a
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has outlived 1t. He frankly recognizes
doubt and belief alike the necessity of
skepticism and the inevitable growth of
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