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Amendments to Federal Consti-
tution, early, 175 f.; four-
teenth, 258 f.; sixteenth and
seventeenth, 265-67; difficult,
263 f.

Angell, James B., 177.
Arbitration, international, 311 f.
Autocracy, Milton
on, 132;

tends to aggression, 228, 315.

Ball, John, 130.
Blackstone, 133.
Blood revenge, 24.
Blücher, 238.
"Bosses," 237.

Bradford, Governor, 168, 185-
87.

Bryce, James, on the federal

system, 195 f.; on Tammany
Hall, 234.

Burke, Edmund, 139.
Burns, Robert, 104, 139 f.
Business, affected with a public
interest, 219.

Capital and capitalism, 157-
162; power of, 162-64; atti-
tude toward labor, 217 f.
Chivalry, 72 f.

Cicero, 273 f.

Clan, 16-20; its customs, 20-
26; values, 28-30, 32 f.; de-
fects, 27 f., 30-31, 33, 34.
Classes, not in earliest society,

29; in early England, 39 ff.;
in Domesday Book, 42; how
formed, 42 ff.; ideals of,
65 ff.; source of standards,
76, 80; middle class, 81, 93-
95, 149; as aid to liberty,
123; in New World, 149,
289 f.; as due to Industrial

Revolution, 164, 293; Hamil-
ton on, 197; wage-earning,
215-18; arguments for in-
equality in, 269 ff.; affected
by the frontier, 291; present
problems of, 293 f.;
Democracy.

see

Class legislation, 114, 284 f.
Common fields, 37.
Constitution, purpose of, 187,

189-91; criticisms upon,
187 f.; as adjustment of con-
flicting interests, 192-201;
slavery in, 199, 204; as
fundamental law, 260; amend-
ment of, see Amendments.
Coöperation, in the clan, 16-20,
29; limits, 27, 33; in the
state, 37, 42 f.; in exchange
of goods, 81 ff.; in towns, 94;
in industry and business,
163; in the union of Ameri-
can states, 183 ff.; in nation,
297; in international rela-
tions, 298, 313; necessary to
protect liberty and democ-
racy, 314; larger idea than
peace, 314.

Coppage vs. Kansas, 260.
Corporation, 160 f.

Courage, in clan life, 33; in
society of warriors, 67 f.
Courts, manor, 40, 45, 59; the
king's, 47, 50, 59-62, 126; of
chancery or equity, 130; as
interpreters and makers of
law, 255-259; judges of con-
stitutionality, 259-66. See
Law, Supreme Court.

Crafts, 19, 81, 85 f., 88, 89, 90,
93, 96.

Credit, 159 f.
Customs, of the clan, 20-26, 30,
31, 34; contrasted with law,
59-61; of merchants, 99-100.

Declaration of Independence,

133, 171, 172, 183, 273, 274 f.
Democracy, favored by town
life, 88; growth in early
state, 111-15; limits of, 116;
law as aid to, 127 f.; pro-
moted by religious teachers,
129 f.; by philosophers, 130;
based on freedom and respon-
sibility, 141-43; in New
World settlers, 149-153; in-
fluence of frontiers on, 152,
291; two meanings of, 221;
four reasons for self-govern-
ment, 222-28; blocked by the
Constitution and courts, 261;
as equality, 268-83; progress
and present tasks of, 284-96;
opposed by militarism, 47, 49,
315.

See Autocracy, Equal-
ity, Liberty, Militarism, Self-
Government.

Domesday Book, 42, 53.

Education, necessary for free-

dom, 102, 115, 119, 120, 177-
79; makes for international
harmony, 313, 321. See In-
vention, Knowledge.
Egypt, slavery in, 44; justice
in, 135.

Emerson, R. W., 320.

Equality and inequality, as
theories of society, 268 ff.;
arguments for each, 269-82;
five kinds of, 284 ff.; before
the law, 284 f.; in voting,
285-89; social, 289-94; in
business, 294.
Equity, 130.

Franklin, Benjamin, 170, 190.
Freedom, in savage life, 31; in

early England, 41 f., 93; de-
velopment of, 101 ff.; mean-

ings of, 101 ff.; and respon-
sibility, 141-43. See Liberty.
Free men, in Domesday, 42;
in Magna Carta, 106, 121.
See Liberty.

Frontier, influence of, 152 f.,
291.

Gentlemen and gentry, 73-76,
93, 149 f.
Gilds, 86-88.
Goodnow, Frank J., 263 f.
Government, in early clan by
custom and old men, 20 ff.;
by lord and his court, 40;
by king and state, 46 ff., 55 ff.,
112; by law, 59, 127 f.; en-
larged to include Parliament,
112-14; based on consent of
governed, 133, 171 f.; oppres-
sion by feared, 174, not now
chief danger, 179-81; organi-
zation of national in United
States, 183 ff.;
powers of
federal, 193; checks and bal-
ances in, 198 ff.; democratic,
221-29; by special interest,
232-39; progress toward de-
mocracy, 241 ff. See Consti-
tution, Courts, Democracy,
King, Law, Party, President,
Self-Government, Suffrage.
Grant, U. S., 306 f., 308.
Groups, clan as early,
state, 46; warrior, 36 ff., 66;
gentry, 74 f.; morals of, 76.
See Labor Unions, State,
Town, Union.

16;

Hale, E. E., 148.
Hamilton, Alexander, 197, 200,
242.
Hobbes, 274.

Honesty, among traders, 98 f.;
required by gilds, 99, 100.
Honor, 67; as ideal of warrior
class, 67-76; other ideals,
97 f., 307. See Honesty.

Ideals, of warrior class, ch.

VII; of knight, 72; of gen-

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James, William, 281.
Jarrett, Devereux, 290.
Jefferson, Thomas, 34, 175, 205,
243, 274, 291 f.
Jury, 62, 109-111, 173.

King, head of warriors, 36; in-
creasing powers of, 49-54; as
keeper of order, 57 f.; pro-
moter of trade, 51; and jury,
109; in relation to law, 126-
28; tendency to wars of
aggression, 228. See Democ-
racy, Militarism.
Kipling, Rudyard, 277.
Knight, 72.

Knowledge, of early man, 6-8,

33; necessary for progress,
34; favored by towns, 91-93;
necessary for liberty, 115 f.,
119, 177 f.; tends toward in-
ternational harmony, 313.

Labor, despised by gentry, 43,
66, 78, 80, 93; performed by
monks, 96; made honorable,
97; affected by Industrial
Revolution, 154-57; division
of, 10-12, 43, 156. See Labor
Unions.

Labor unions, 88, 157, 215 f.,
219 f.
Lady, 75 f.

Land, ownership of, 62-65, 150-

52.

Langland, 136.

Law, the common, 59-62; com-
pared with customs, 60 f.; de-
fense of liberty, 62, 107 f.,
125-28; worked injustice,
139; built up by judicial de-
cisions, 225-58; by interpreta-
tions, 258-60; constitution as
fundamental, 260. See Con-
stitution, Courts.

Law Merchant, 99 f.
League of Peace, 314.
Liberty, protected by common
law, 61 f.; of the gild, 87;
promoted by towns, 89, 94;
six meanings of, 101-15; na-
tional, 103-6; special privi-
lege, 45, 87, 94, 106 f., 120-
23, 125; civil, 61 f., 107-111,
172-74; political, 111-15, 121-
23, 172 f., 286-88; how gained,
117-28; religious, 138, 168,
173; value of, 105 f., 141;
meaning of in 1776, 174; edu-
cation as aid to, 177-179;
present problems of, 180-82;
and union, 207; threatened by
war, 317; war in defense of,
319 f. See Freedom, Rights.
Lincoln, Abraham, quoted, 168,
221, 223; on slavery issue,
205, 207; on the Supreme
Court's decision, 262 f.; on
the meaning of the Declara-
tion, 275; on might and
right, 322.

Locke, John, 132 f., 274.
Long ballot, 239.

Lords, 39, 45, 70.

Lowell, J. R., 320, 322.
Loyalty, to group, 32; to a lord,
70 f.; to a nation, 206 f.,
297 f.; to mankind, 321.

Machines, 154-56.
Madison, James, 197 f., 242.
Magna Carta, 106, 118, 121.
Majority rule, 224 f.
Manor, 39-42.

Marbury vs. Madison, 260.
Marriage, 22.

Marshall, John, 261.
Mayflower, 147, 185-87.
McLaughlin, A. C., 198.
Merchants, early, usually for-
eigners, 98, 148; in town life,
81; early morals of, 98 f.;
customs and law, 99 f.
Mexican War, 308 f.
Militarism, what it is, 315;
origin, 42-45; ideals of, 77-
80; opposed to democracy,
47, 49; contemptuous of non-
military, 66, 77 f., 315; its
view of war, 315 f.; criticism
of, 318, 320-22. See also Pa-
cifism, War.

Milton, John, 131 f.
Money, 159.

Monroe Doctrine, 299, 301-5.
More, Thomas, 136-38.

Nation, the United States as,
168, 183, 207, 297 f.; limits
of a single, 298; relations to
other nations, 297-315. See
International Relations,State,
Union.

Order, 55 ff.

Ordinance of 1787, 176, 177.
Pacifism, its arguments, 317 f.
Panama Canal tolls, 308, 310.
Panama Zone controversy, 308,
310.

Parliament, 54, 112-14, 247.
Party, early fear of, 242;
agency of government, 241-
46, 248 f.

Paul, St., 103, 273.
Peace, 55; the king's, 57 f.;
United States policy, 299,
311-15; as ideal compared
with coöperation, 314. See
Coöperation, Pacifism, War.
Peasant Revolt, 118 f., 129.
Philip, Captain, 73.
Philippines, 309 f.

Pilgrims, 147, 168, 185-87.
Plato, 137.

Post office, 203 f.

President, of the United States,
original idea of the office,
198 f., 245; as representative
of the people, 246, 248 f.;
election of, 241; head of his
party, 248 f.

Progress, main stages, 8; tasks
of, 34; in government, lib-
erty, democracy, interna-
tional relations, union, see
these titles.
Property, in land, 62-65; aid
to freedom, 124; More on,
137 f.; regarded as natural
right, 172, 173; in the Con-
stitution, 199.

Race problems, 208-14.
Railways, aids to commerce,
155; capitalization of, 160;
attempted to control govern-
ment, 235.

Recall, 251; of judges, 252-54.
Referendum, 250 f.
Religion, and liberty, 129 f.,
135, 137, 138, 173. See also
Liberty.

Revolution, American, of 1776,
153, 291.

Revolution, Industrial, nature
of, 153-62; problems set by,
162-67; makes classes, 293,
and also promotes democracy
in labor, 293 f.
Rights, natural, 103, 133 f.,
170; in Virginia Declaration,
171; in Declaration of Inde-
pendence, 171. See Liberty,
civil.

Robin Hood, 136.
Roosevelt, Theodore, 303, 310.
Rousseau, 134.

Savage society, chs. I, II, III.
Scott, Walter, 18, 19, 37.
Self-government, democracy as,
221-29; obstacles to, 230-40;
progress toward, by parties,
241-45; in choice of Presi-
dent, 241; further measures
toward, 250 ff. See Democ-
racy, Government.

Serfs. See Slavery, Villein.

Shay's Rebellion, 189 f.
Short Ballot, 240.

Sidney, Philip, 73.

Slavery, 36, 43, 44, 103, 164,
176, 204, 223.
Solomon, 14, 90.
Spain, war with, 309.
State, formed by band of war-
riors, 46 ff.; expansion of,
49; source of order, 55 ff.; of
common law, 59. See De-
mocracy, Government, King.
Suffrage, Parliamentary, 113 f.,
247; qualifications for, in
colonies and United States,
286-88; equal, 288.
Supreme Court, of the United

States, 230 f.; place in Con-
stitution, 199, 230 f.; as in-
terpreter of the Constitution,
260 f.; Lincoln on, 262 f.;
various decisions of, 219, 266.

Taboo, 11, 24, 25, 26, 30.
Taft, William H., 213, 310; on
judiciary, 254, 263.
Tammany Hall, 233 f.
Taxation, 52 f.
Tithing, 58.

Tools, 7, 13, 154.

Town, the, origin, 83; classes
in, 84, favored liberty, 89, 94.

94.

Trade, gifts as, 13, 14; favored

by kings, 51; connected with
growth of towns and middle
class, 81-95.

Trade-unions. See Labor Unions.
Turner, Frederick, 291.

Union, as source of power and

progress, 8; limits in clan
life, 33; larger of state, 37 ff.;
of towns, 81; of gilds, 86-88,
of factory workers, 157;
among the early colonists,
183; need of closer, 189; pro-
vided by constitution, 192-
201; further growth of, 202-
7; threatened by slavery is-
sue, 204-6, problems of race,
208-14; of capital and labor,
214-20; among nations, 298,
313.

Utopia, 136-38.

Village, 37, 38, 39, 46, 63.
Villeins, 41, 42, 44 f., 114, 118 f.

War and warriors, 36, 42-45;
ideals of, 65-80; defects in
warrior's courage, 68; in
loyalty, 71; Civil, the, 183,
207, 209; Mexican, 308 f.;
with Spain, 309; arguments
for, 316 f.; against, 317 f.;
not the worst evil, 319 f.;
shows backwardness of civili-
zation, 320-22.
Washington, George, 190 f.,
293; on foreign policy of the
United States, 299, 305,
311 f.
Webster, Daniel, 216 f.
Wilson, Woodrow, on democracy
vs. autocracy, 228 f.; on Mon-
roe Doctrine, 304; also 213,
248, 315.

Women, in savage life, 10, 11,
17, 23; in the manor, 47; in
the state, 48 f.; in chivalry,
72; voters, 288.

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