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Absolutism and Democracy, perhaps some will answer. Not quite, I think; that contest was practically settled by the great French Revolution; it is only its embers which are burning now: or at least that is so in the countries which are not belated like Russia, for instance. ABSOLUTISM AND DEMOCRACY PERHAPS SOME WILL ANSWER NOT QUITE I THINK THAT CONTEST WAS PRACTICALLY SETTLED BY THE GREAT FRENCH REVOLUTION IT IS ONLY ITS EMBERS WHICH ARE BURNING NOW OR AT LEAST THAT IS SO IN THE COUNTRIES WHICH ARE NOT BELATED LIKE RUSSIA FOR INSTANCE
e men are gathering under arms in the trenches, and the forlorn hope is ready, no longer trifling with little solacements of the time of weary waiting, but looking forward to mere death or the joy of victory. Now I think, and some who read this will agree with me, that we are now living in one of these times of conscious change; we not only are, but we also feel ourselves to be living between the old and the new; we are expecting something to happen, as the phrase goes: at such times it behoves us to understand what is the old which is dying, what is the new which is coming into existence? That is a question practically important to us all, since these periods of conscious change are also, in one way or other, times of serious combat, and each of us, if he does not look to it and learn to understand what is going on, may find himself fighting on the wrong side, the side with which he really does not sympathize. What is the combat we are now entering upon—who is it to be fought between? SIDE FOR OPEN ASSAULT THE MEN ARE GATHERING UNDER ARMS IN THE TRENCHES AND THE FORLORN HOPE IS READY NO LONGER TRIFLING WITH LITTLE SOLACEMENTS OF THE TIME OF WEARY WAITING BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO MERE DEATH OR THE JOY OF VICTORY NOW I THINK AND SOME WHO READ THIS WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT WE ARE NOW LIVING IN ONE OF THESE TIMES OF CONSCIOUS CHANGE WE NOT ONLY ARE BUT WE ALSO FEEL OURSELVES TO BE LIVING BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WE ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AS THE PHRASE GOES AT SUCH TIMES IT PROPOSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE OLD WHICH IS DYING WHAT IS THE NEW WHICH IS COMING INTO EXISTENCE THAT IS A QUESTION PRACTICALLY IMPORTANT TO US ALL SINCE THESE PERIODS OF CONSCIOUS CHANGE ARE ALSO IN ONE WAY OR OTHER TIMES OF SERIOUS COMBAT AND EACH OF US IF HE DOES NOT LOOK TO IT AND LEARN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON MAY FIND HIMSELF FIGHTING ON THE WRONG SIDE THE SIDE WITH WHICH HE REALLY DOES NOT SYMPATHIZE WHAT IS THE COMBAT WE ARE NOW ENTERING UPON WHO IS IT TO BE FOUGHT BETWEEN
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