The State and Government (Classic Reprint)

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It is hardly necessary to enumerate other explana tions of development set forth by sociological writers. The The very fact that the progress of civilization progress of can be indicated under so many aspects shows mama that these are but specialized phases Of one great movement of a unified social life, manifesting itself under many different forms, but all alike teaching that mankind is rising from primitive savagery to higher and more ethical, more intellectual stages of development. Evidently, therefore, even the most advanced peoples have not yet attained the highest possible development. Even the best of them are low and savage when com pared with the ideals of social perfection taught by the noblest representatives Of humanity in ages past and present. Further development is still possible, and.

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