The Labour ProblemSmith, Elder, 1896 - 424 páginas |
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Página 6 - ... other hand, he is losing nothing of that pertinacity in the pursuit of his ends which has always been his distinctive characteristic. Step by step, by his meetings, journals, and congresses, he is attracting the general interest of the public, acquiring an influence in local (and even national) bodies, and becoming a more active, independent, and powerful factor in state life. But the main thing is that the world of thought is filled with things clearly practicable and attainable, and that no...
Página 9 - ... as a goal, quickening the national feeling for public life, uniting in this sentiment all classes of the community, and, above all, imparting to the higher sections a manly buoyancy and energetic spirit, which finds its realization and its reward in the position the individual assumes in the State. Not by the forms of parliamentary rule, but by personal activity in the daily work of the State, has the greatness of England been created, as was once that of Republican Rome. The several elements...
Página 9 - ... nineteenth century. There was not here, as in the ancient State, any sacrifice of social and individual for the sake of political freedom. For the first time in the history of the world the conception of liberty was fully realized in a great State system ; social liberty, that is, the possibility for the lowliest, by merit and talent, to acquire fortune and honours ; personal liberty, which, amid the plenitude of the State power, maintains respect for the person and property of the individual...
Página 9 - ... has the greatness of England been created, as was once that of Republican Rome. The several elements of the political system are uniform, simple, and earnest, as in old Roman life itself, far different from the glowing pictures formerly spread throughout Europe by the author of the Esprit des Lois. But these simple institutions are firm and deep-rooted, and when put to the test under great trials, they display the vigour and moral greatness of a proud and free nation. In the struggle against...
Página 5 - Dr. Baernreither, a foreign observer, states, 'the workman who has established and who directs these associations has ceased to be an inactive spectator of the state and of society. His life has received a new purpose and character. . . . His understanding and his insight in economic matters are increasing; he is learning by his experience to recognize the difficulties which oppose themselves to the carrying out of social institutions; he is becoming more moderate in his claims, calmer in judgment,...
Página vii - ... disputes. In the Appendices Mr. Drage discusses socialism in relation to the labour question, the housing of the working classes, and some minor matters concerning their industrial conditions. His own economic creed, as enunciated in his Preface and propounded repeatedly in the course of the book, is that' in ' self-help as opposed to socialism the chief remedy for our national troubles lies.
Página vii - THE present volume is intended to deal with the Labour Problem from the point of view of the practical legislator.
Página 2 - Notwithstanding, therefore, the suppression of the old forms, spontaneous combinations of handicraftsmen and labourers, for the purpose of providing against the accidents of life by means of mutual help, certainly never ceased to exist. " I cannot believe,
Página viii - by the resolute application of common-sense remedies to individual difficulties as they occur, and the development of the spirit of local self-government as opposed to the action of any central department, that we shall solve the social problem in so far as, humanly speaking, it ever can be solved.
Página 5 - English workman, who has established and who directs all these countless associations of the most varied kinds, has ceased to be an inactive spectator of the State and society. His life has received a new purpose and character. . . . His...