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Democracy, or at least what used to be considered Democracy, is now triumphant; and though it is true that there are countries where freedom of speech is repressed besides Russia, as _e. DEMOCRACY OR AT LEAST WHAT USED TO BE CONSIDERED DEMOCRACY IS NOW TRIUMPHANT AND THOUGH IT IS TRUE THAT THERE ARE COUNTRIES WHERE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS REPRESSED BESIDES RUSSIA AS FOR
e 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? 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. L 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 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
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