Men and thought in modern history . henomena of industrialprogress. The causes of wealth are four: Labour, Land,Capital and Ability—the fourth being the cause of all pro-gress in production.—W. H. Mallock. If a Socialist is merely a man crying out for the millen-nium because he wants unearned happiness for himself andthe world, not only will he not get it, but he will be justas dissatisfied with what he will get as with his presentposition. There are foolish illusions as well as wise ones;and a man may be opposed to our existing social systembecause he is not good enough for it just as easily
Men and thought in modern history . henomena of industrialprogress. The causes of wealth are four: Labour, Land,Capital and Ability—the fourth being the cause of all pro-gress in production.—W. H. Mallock. If a Socialist is merely a man crying out for the millen-nium because he wants unearned happiness for himself andthe world, not only will he not get it, but he will be justas dissatisfied with what he will get as with his presentposition. There are foolish illusions as well as wise ones;and a man may be opposed to our existing social systembecause he is not good enough for it just as easily as becauseit is not good enough for him.—G. Bernard Shaw. Our hope for the future must depend on the growth ofan educated and reasonable democracy, and on the exten-sion of the co-operative type of industry. A free, instructedpeople, controlling their own interests, political and econo-mic, central and local, on democratic and co-operativeprinciples—such undoubtedly seems to be the most desir-able form of society.— COBDEN. [Page 164 Chapter XII. COBDEN AND FREE TRADE. THE richness of the English language in terms ofabuse is probably due to the need of a copiousvocabulary for describing our politicians. Moderateterms are of no use whatever to the ordinaryBritish person in discussing his political aversions. He canonly be articulate in derogatory superlatives. Lord Mel-bourne showed a true understanding of his countrymenwhen he confronted a hostile deputation with the invitationthat they should see each other damned first at the outset,in order the sooner to get to business. It would be par-ticularly convenient to follow that process before discuss-ing Richard Cobden. There are political writers who cannever mention his name without applying an unpleasantepithet to him. The worst they can say is a pale shadow ofthe vilification which he had to endure in his own life-time. He bore that without being distressed by it, and hisreputation will not suffer from such sy
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