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Exploring the ideas that shaped modern democracy and moral life. This collection gathers lectures that examine how democracy, public opinion, and ethical commitments influence society, politics, and personal conduct.
The work surveys the birth of American democracy, the role of duty and obligation, and the power of collective conscience in guiding nations. It also includes discussions on temperance, the limits of self-interest, and the evolving belief in one God, offering a thoughtful look at how culture and character intersect with public life. Written for readers interested in history, philosophy, and the practical ethics of everyday living, the book presents a clear, accessible view of how ethical ideals translate into action.
- How democracy grew from political ideals to everyday governance.
- Debates on public opinion, duty, and the responsibilities of citizens.
- Practical discussions on temperance, self-control, and social responsibility.
- Reflections on religion, belief, and the role of culture in moral life.
Ideal for readers of modern ethical thought, history of democracy, and readers seeking a practical guide to living the good life with a social conscience.
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Now what is all this but saying that Democracy, that America, one hundred years ago, meant Opportunity? That was what our greatest idealist said it meant. Ralph Waldo Emerson was born just as the century began - in 1803; and I like to remember that his life was overlapped by at least a single year, by that of the greatest philoso pher, the greatest thinker of modern times, whose key word (as Emerson's was Opportunity) was Obligation, was Duty. Immanuel Kant died one year after Emerson was born; and mv hope for democracy has basis, it has confidence and wings, just when I believe that the sense of obligation, for which Kant stands, always overlaps the vision of Opportunity, which Emerson had. Opportunity is what America has meant. The problem of Democracy now is whether democracy, with its opportunity and vis ion and sentiment. Will rise to a definite sense of duty; and whether this immense new power shall be used for the upbuilding of democracy itself, and for the progress and upbuilding of the world.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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My hope for the world, as the twentieth century opens, is coincident with my hope for democracy. Can the people of this world govern themselves well? That is the question which most concerns us in this republic, and which most concerns the world; because, well or ill, the people from now on are to govern themselves. Democracy seems to me to be gaining ground so fast, that I think the time has almost come to cease to discuss whether it ought to come or not, but to accept it as a great fact that is upon us like an avalanche, and to ask ourselves how we can guide it and how we can enlighten it. Wherever we look upon the world, there we see the great striving for democracy. Where it has not yet come - in Spain, in Italy, in Germany, in Russia - there we see the great struggle and throbbing of people pushing towards it. And to-day, in the most autocratic countries of the world, Kaisers, Czars and Chancellors listen to note what the great popular impulses are - what public opinion is - and trim their policies to that.
And this great movement of democracy, as we understand it, began here.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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