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They were _forced_ to try to allay discontent by palliative measures. THEY WERE FORCED TO TRY TO ALLAY DISCONTENT BY PALLIATIVE MEASURES
o have some business of our own: these two aims united mean the furthering of the class struggle till all classes are abolished—the divorce of one from the other is fatal to any hope of social advancement. Chartism therefore, though a genuine popular movement, was incomplete in its aims and knowledge; the time was not yet come and it could not triumph openly; but it would be a mistake to say that it failed utterly: at least it kept alive the holy flame of discontent; it made it possible for us to attain to the political goal of democracy, and thereby to advance the cause of the people by the gain of a stage from whence could be seen the fresh gain to be aimed at. I have said that the time for revolution had not then come: the great wave of commercial success went on swelling, and though the capitalists would if they had dared have engrossed the whole of the advantages thereby gained at the expense of their wage slaves, the Chartist revolt warned them that it was not safe to attempt it. E PREPARED TO HAVE SOME BUSINESS OF OUR OWN THESE TWO AIMS UNITED MEAN THE FURTHERING OF THE CLASS STRUGGLE TILL ALL CLASSES ARE ABOLISHED THE DIVORCE OF ONE FROM THE OTHER IS FATAL TO ANY HOPE OF SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT CHARTERSAM THEREFORE THOUGH A GENUINE POPULAR MOVEMENT WAS INCOMPLETE IN ITS AIMS AND KNOWLEDGE THE TIME WAS NOT YET COME AND IT COULD NOT TRIUMPH OPENLY BUT IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO SAY THAT IT FAILED UTTERLY AT LEAST IT KEPT ALIVE THE HOLY FLAME OF DISCONTENT IT MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ATTAIN TO THE POLITICAL GOAL OF DEMOCRACY AND THEREBY TO ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF THE PEOPLE BY THE GAIN OF A STAGE FROM WHENCE COULD BE SEEN THE FRESH GAIN TO BE AIMED AT I HAVE SAID THAT THE TIME FOR REVOLUTION HAD NOT THEN COME THE GREAT WAVE OF COMMERCIAL SUCCESS WENT ON SWELLING AND THOUGH THE CAPITALISTS WOULD IF THEY HAD DARED HAVE ENGROSSED THE WHOLE OF THE ADVANTAGES THEREBY GAINED AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR WAGE SLAVES THE CHARTIST REVOLT WARNED THEM THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO ATTEMPT IT
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