The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-05-14
Sumncroogy The Social Philosophy Of Prof W. c. Sumner

tween nations would terrible struggles would be
waged within the bowels of society
Socialism he particularly condemned 1t to attack the social
sic doctrine from Germany that began making great hdway III inns
country in the sos that he wrote What the Social Classes owe to
of happiness itself.
1T not all the function of the state he writes
happy They must make themselves happy and in their own way
conditions chances which the pursuit happiness is carried
far those conditions chances be affected by civil or
ganizaon Hence liberty for labor and security for earnings are
the ends for which civil institutions exist not means which may be
employed for Interior ends"
following opinions the great questions
of the day may be noted the characteristics of his thinking and in
vha are some Of the leading features in the mores of the present
fine? Tbev are undonbte onopamy antsIayry and Dmoc
rry Al, Ieone an o crvons fon avtov nsed 70 he Social
ambition is great and is prevalent in all classes
"The idea Of class unpopular and is not understood There is
supelsou yeaning for equality There is decided preference
for city life and stream of population from the country into the big
cities. These the facts OF the o time"
"The French formerly thought to be mercural the English
They struggle feverisy success prominence
The of 1871 and the foundation of the German empire have
made them nationally proud made them feel level with
other state Such change to produce great changes in the
for the first place nations She is sensitive and suspicious and
English the war went through crises excitement
which supposed they strangers The French burdened
lions Inc national parry Is pGouct Oh us leeg 1t seems TO
Perhaps right temper the age.
any the old love of moderation and sobe in politics seems to
published Gddings per
please and appeal to emotion sentiments 40 cent aim to
critical and aim to insruct-hey appeal to
This that literature addressed to the
appetite for day dreaming romantic Ongng and sentmentasm
theoretical interest in crime adventure marital nfelcy family
of it turns ethical emotion and ignorant zeal social matters
This literature the strengthens
them The people who educated it trained either to Phil
istinsm to become the victims of suggestion"
"The grand controlling fact in modern society that the earth is
undepopuaed in the existing stage of the AS
demand The human is going through period of
enlargement with and comfort.
Accordingly philosophy of optimism prevails The world beau
philosophy struggle existence
and competition of life not the philosophy prevails that
they ought An ethical idea
at that the of the
well with minimum of educaton for the conditions
pOronatey, those who Ofunied abOrers
find it preached doctrine that if TRUTH
feel rtuOusy and act wisely by intuition without education
training"
THE eighteenth century notions equality, rights
classes produced nineteenth and gsaon all
strongly humanitarian in faith and temper At the time the
eighteenth century notions Disappearing the the
twentieth century will not be tnged by those of
the last hundred years have been If the should ideas
duty instead of notions natural rights evidently
institutions and would undergo great transformation