A study in democracy: being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol . Book L THE PERSISTENT PRINCIPLE. Chapter I.—The Mediaival Ideal and II.—Robert Owen, the III.—Bristol Pioneers and their CHAPTER I. The Mediaeval Ideal and Practice. IN one form or another, throughout the ages, Co-opera-tion has existed between man and man; for the most part, unconscious Co-operation, but none the less the reign of brute force men combined for mutualprotection, as well as for individual gain. Our Saxonforefathers, in the
A study in democracy: being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol . Book L THE PERSISTENT PRINCIPLE. Chapter I.—The Mediaival Ideal and II.—Robert Owen, the III.—Bristol Pioneers and their CHAPTER I. The Mediaeval Ideal and Practice. IN one form or another, throughout the ages, Co-opera-tion has existed between man and man; for the most part, unconscious Co-operation, but none the less the reign of brute force men combined for mutualprotection, as well as for individual gain. Our Saxonforefathers, in their Hams and Tuns, co-operatedin village communities for political purposes. But more,in domestic matters also, they combined for mutual helpand assistance, in case adversity or sickness overtook anyof the tribe, each contributing to a common fund for themaintenance and support of the unfortunate. Centuries afterwards, when commerce became theobject of mens cares, the same spirit of co-operation isevidenced in the Guilds —combinations of workers inthe same industry to maintain the craft and to ensure theweal of the craftsmen. Individualism, as we know it to-day, had not beenborn. The course of mens lives in a broad sense wasshaped very largely upon the teach
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