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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. 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
econd in these matters, the two must go hand in hand together: we cannot live as we will, and as we should, as long as we allow people to _govern_ us whose interest it is that we should live as _they_ will, and by no means as we should; neither is it any use claiming the right to manage our own business unless we are 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. 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. IS NO FIRST AND SECOND IN THESE MATTERS THAT TWO MUST GO HAND IN HAND TOGETHER WE CANNOT LIVE AS WE WILL AND AS WE SHOULD AS LONG AS WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO GOVERN US WHOSE INTEREST IT IS THAT WE SHOULD LIVE AS THEY WILL AND BY NO MEANS AS WE SHOULD NEITHER IS IT ANY USE CLAIMING THE RIGHT TO MANAGE OUR OWN BUSINESS UNLESS WE ARE 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
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