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| Title | The place of anarchism in socialistic evolution |
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| Publisher | W. Reeves |
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| Date | 1890? |
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| Language | English |
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| Original Item Extent | 16 pages; 18. cm. |
| Original Item Location | HX915.K6713 1890 |
| Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b8304532~S11 |
| Original Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
| Digital Collection | Socialist and Communist Pamphlets |
| Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/scpamp |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Repository URL | http://libraries.uh.edu/branches/special-collections |
| Use and Reproduction | This item is in the public domain and may be used freely. |
| Note | Translation of L'Anarchie dans l'évolution socialiste. |
| File Name | index.cpd |
| Title | Image 5 |
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| File Name | uhlib_5778205_004.jpg |
| Transcript | ' (5) to labour more and more to enrich the rich. Attempts have been made to remove these evils. Some have said—" Let us give equal instruction to all," and forthwith education has been spread abroad. Better human machines have been turned out, but th'ese educated machines still labour to enrich others. This illustrious scientist, that renowned novelist, despite their education are still beasts of burden to the capitalist. Instruction improves the cattle to be exploited but the exploitation remains. Next, the^e was great talk about association, but the workers soon learned that they could not get the better of capital by associating their miseries, and those who cherished this illusion most earnestly were compelled to turn to Socialism. Timid, at the outset, Socialism spoke at first in the name of Christian sentiment and morality: men profoundly imbued with the moral principles of Christianity—principles which it possesses in common with all other religions— came forward and said — "A Christian, has no right to exploit his brethren! " But the ruling clases laughed in their faces with the reply — " Teach the people Christian resignation, tell them in the name of Christ that they should offer their left cheek to whosoever smites them on the right, then you will be welcome ; as for the dreams of equality which you find in Christianity, go and meditate on your discoveries in prison." Later on Socialism spoke in the name of Governmentalism; it said—" Since it is the special mission of the State to protect the weak against the strong, it is its duty to aid working men's associations ; the State alone can enable working men to fight against capital and to oppose to capitalistic exploitation the free workshop of workers pocketing the entire value of the produce of their labour." To this the Bourgeoisie replied vvith grapeshot in 1848. It was not until between twenty to thirty years later, at a time when the popular masses were invited to express their mind in the International Working Men's Association, that Socialism spoke in the name of the people, and formulating itself little by little in the Congresses of the great Association and later on among its successors, arrived at some such conclusion as the following : All accumulated wealth is the product of the labour of all— of the present and of all preceding generations. This hall in which we are now assembled derives its value from the fact that it is situated in Paris—this magnificent city built by ttio |