An American Of The Present Day Reading

Inasmuch As Society Cannot Go On Without Discipline Of Some Kind, Men Were Constrained, In The Absence Of Any Other Form Of Discipline, To Turn To Discipline Of The Military Type.

Democracy Is Now Going Forth On A Crusade Against Imperialism.

A Remarkable Feature Of The Humanitarian Movement, On Both Its Sentimental And Utilitarian Sides, Has Been Its Preoccupation With The Lot Of The Masses.

The Democratic Idealist Is Prone To Make Light Of The Whole Question Of Standards And Leadership Because Of His Unbounded Faith In The Plain People.

Commercialism Is Laying Its Great Greasy Paw Upon Everything Including The Irresponsible Quest Of Thrills; So That, Whatever Democracy May Be Theoretically, One Is Sometimes Tempted To Define It Practically As Standardized And Commercialized Melodrama.