The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-11-10


Tn a word. this abstract. ideal Democracy.
with its Liberty and Equality, Ldsses fH're
and Universal Suffrage. Is, as an hstru-
ment OF government. unsuited to any con-
dition Of civilized society existing at the
present time, or likely to exist on this side
OF the millennium.
One Of the purposes OF the first eight
chapters OF this book Is to demonstrate
that Democracy has. by it's abstract ideal
principles. shot like a comet quite beyond
the proper orbit OF existing civilizations.
and from this demonstration the deduction
is that the main problem for tho twentieth
century will be, how, while preserving
the democratic form Of government, 40 to
rein IL In and coerce it's ecoentricities OF
orbit TO the proper curve again, that II shall
be not only a means Of promoting morality
but an efficient instrument of government
as well-in all those countries at least that
by their history, tradition and situation
are otherwise suited for IL. Accordingly.
Mr.. Crozier expects that the ~watchword
Of the twentieth century In politics viii be
Evolution. not Revolution, while all its
war-cries will be regarded as means, not as
ends; as they have been In the nineteenth.
For the nineteenth century conception
Of government as a matter OF abstract
rights. metaphysical rights Of man as man
and the ike. the twentieth century will
substitute the conception Of exPediency.
Of prudence. Of getting the best results
for all put Of existing conditions. OF push
ing the ideal only 80 far a. It will 60 and no
further, all this with an eye to further
progress. to the elevation, comfort and
happiness OF the great masses of men.
Instead Of regarding society as a vast ag-
gregate Of separate individuals, left TO shift
for themselves or to be moved about here
and there mechanically. like pieces on a
| chessboard. the twentieth century will
regard II us a family. rather. with a natural
growth, its members having natural rela-
ions TO each other; and the attempt
to impose anything foreign on a given
society. however right that thing may be
from a legal and metaphysical point OF
view, will. like the intr oduction of a step
mother into a family In private life, not
always be doomed politically expedient
or detirable. Progress and reform In
4 CONSEQUENCE will not proceed In the TWEEN
! tieth century by pulling down the old struct-
ure like the bricks OF a child's toy house,
and building IL up again on a new and
| different plan from the foundation; but
will initiate, rather. the process OF tree
grating. where the sap Of the old still
flows through the new; or OF breeding,
where the kind Of offspring one wishes
| to produce can only be got by slight varia-
tons In tho proposed direction through
q number of removes, and not by a single
enforced union OF principles 80 opposite
that nothing but an abortion OF q mon
strosity can result.
ILL.,
From these general postula'es are evolved
four rules Of practical craftsmanship which
are ultimately applied to the practical
politics Of England, France and the United
States. What are these four rules' To
begin with, Mr.. Crozier would say that.
Just as the civilization Of the world as a
whole Is mnde up OF tho contributions 10
the common stock made by its different
peoples and nations. in the same way as
the trade OF the world il made up OF their
respective industries; and a. his common
civilization gets what II has OF completeness
and harmony. not from the fulness or COM
pleteness OF any one nation, but from the
complementary contributions OF them all,
80 nothing should be i~ntrodnced into the
politics OF any one country which "ou'o
Nenu 10 piu VI u''''y ~ w"
which has been impressed on II 10y ages
OF tradition. customs ana the material
and social conditions oil It's people ou''
on the contrary It's denc'ehc1es ousn' 70
I've made good by ENGRAVING as much o.
its n~eighbor or rivals exceilencies on It's
own as II can vitality asSihIat" "l'hout
destroying its individual type and character
In the same way as the best quhhues ~
the soldier and the preacher respectively
are to be got, not by turning tie one mo
the other, but by the process OF ENGRAVING
on the one a. much Of the e1cellence Of
the other hs his character VIII axe up
without dctriment to hi- own mental ana
moral individually. Preservation OF lyI~'
accordingly, IL the hrst rue "'lch MI
Crozer would have observed IN "orkhg
out a constructive policy Tor any gwen
c~iviiDed nation In the twentieth century
Such 10 our authors Inst RAJ" OF pracucal
s~tstesmanship The Second Il Tx" unto II
If. he says. -civiliEa'i"n consisted merely
In maintaining the status quo from age I"
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