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And is it not sects, bodies of definite, uncompromising principles, that lead us into revolutions? Was it not so in the Cromwellian times? Nay, have not the Fenian sect, even in our own days, made Home Rule possible? They may give birth to parties, though not parties themselves. AND IS IT NOT SECTS BODIES OF DEFINITE UNCOMPROMISING PRINCIPLES THAT LEAD US INTO REVOLUTIONS WAS IT NOT SO IN THE CROMWELLIAN TIMES NAY HAVE NOT THE FENIAN SECT EVEN IN OUR OWN DAYS MADE HOME RULE POSSIBLE THEY MAY GIVE BIRTH TO PARTIES THOUGH NOT PARTIES THEMSELVES
on of monopoly and consequent artificial restraints on labour and life; and there is only one expression of the force which will destroy Whiggery, and that is Socialism; and on the right hand and on the left Toryism and Radicalism will melt into Whiggery—are doing so now—and Socialism has got to absorb all that is not Whig in Radicalism. Then comes the question, What is the policy of Socialism? If Toryism and Democracy are only nebulous masses of opposition to the solid centre of Whiggery, what can we call Socialism? Well, at present, in England at least, Socialism is not a party, but a sect. That is sometimes brought against it as a taunt; but I am not dismayed by it; for I can conceive of a sect—nay, I have heard of one—becoming a very formidable power, and becoming so by dint of its long remaining a sect. So I think it is quite possible that Socialism will remain a sect till the very eve of the last stroke that completes the revolution, after which it will melt into the new Society. IS THE OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF MONOPOLY AND CONSEQUENT ARTIFICIAL RESTRAINTS ON LABOR AND LIFE AND THERE IS ONLY ONE EXPRESSION OF THE FORCE WHICH WILL DESTROY WHIGGERY AND THAT IS SOCIALISM AND ON THE RIGHT HAND AND ON THE LEFT TORISM AND RADICALISM WILL MELT INTO WHIGGERY ARE DOING SO NOW AND SOCIALISM HAS GOT TO ABSORB ALL THAT IS NOT TWIG IN RADICALISM THEN COMES THE QUESTION WHAT IS THE POLICY OF SOCIALISM IF TORISM AND DEMOCRACY ARE ONLY NEBULOUS MASSES OF OPPOSITION TO THE SOLID CENTRE OF WHIGGERY WHAT CAN WE CALL SOCIALISM WELL AT PRESENT IN ENGLAND AT LEAST SOCIALISM IS NOT A PARTY BUT A SECT THAT IS SOMETIMES BROUGHT AGAINST IT AS A TAUNT BUT I AM NOT DISMAYED BY IT FOR I CAN CONCEIVE OF A SECT NAY I HAVE HEARD OF ONE BECOMING A VERY FORMIDABLE POWER AND BECOMING SO BY DINT OF ITS LONG REMAINING A SECT SO I THINK IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT SOCIALISM WILL REMAIN A SECT TILL THE VERY EVE OF THE LAST STROKE THAT COMPLETES THE REVOLUTION AFTER WHICH IT WILL MELT INTO THE NEW SOCIETY
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