“For behold! this monstrous twenty million class, hitherto the dumb sheep which these others had to agree about the manner of shearing, is now also arising with hopes.” —Carlyle, “French Revolution.”
“Truth is an exile from our political world. Every faction andevery group tells only that part of the truth which reflectsdiscredit on its neighbour. Thus our political literature isinteresting only as an archive of monstrosities. The other part ofthe truth—that which deals with the good qualities of th