"In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals. Limits of wisdom and convenience to the public control there may be: limits of principle there are, upon strict analysis, none.?[Progressive]"
"From the dim morning hours of history when the father was king and priest down to this modern time of history?s high noon when nations stand forth full grown and self-governed, the law of coherence and continuity in political development has suffered no serious breach.?[Progressive]"
"?e is permission?in an era when ?development,? ?evolution,? is the scientific word?to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle; all they ask is recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine.[Progressive]"
"Some citizens of this country have never got beyond the Declaration of Independence . . . . The Declaration of Independence did not mention the questions of our day. It is of no consequence to us.?[Progressive]"
"Government is not a machine, but a living thing. It falls, not under the theory of the universe, but under the theory of organic life. It is accountable to Darwin, not to Newton. It is modified by its environment, necessitated by its tasks, shaped to its functions by the sheer pressure of life. No living thing can have its organs offset against each other, as checks, and live. On the contrary, its life is dependent upon their quick cooperation, their ready response to the commands of instinct or"
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In order to boost morale surrounding involvement in WWI military commissioned photographers Arthur Mole John Thomas to make a ‘Living Portraits intricate group photos ‘Sincerely yours 21 000 officers men pose up at Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio
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Photograph Signed by the Big Four of the Versailles Peace Conference, 10 7/8 x 13 3/4 inch print on 14 1/2 x 15 1/2 inch card, [Paris, 1919] signed in lower margin by WOODROW WILSON (Woodrow Wilson) as President of the United States, GEORGES CLEMENCEAU (G Clemenceau) as Premier of France, DAVID LLOYD GEORGE (D Lloyd George) as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and VITTORIO ORLANDO (V.E. Orlando) as Prime Minister of Italy.
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