Excerpt from Progressive Copartnership A business man, who has written a book, is quite certain, for example, to be called a hypocrite, if he does not happen to practise in his own business everything he may preach in his book He ought properly to write without prejudice at the top of every page. Here, of course, the professional writer gets his full revenge; indeed, it is usually he who makes the shocking discoveries of inconsistency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Progressive Copartnership Business men, who are so misguided as to attempt authorship, must suffer many disabilities, their proper penalty for breaking the rules of demarcation. A business man, who has written a book, is quite certain, for example, to be called a hypocrite, if he does not happen to practise in his own business everything he may preach in his book. He ought properly to write "without prejudice" at the top of every page. Here, of course, the professional writer gets his full revenge; indeed, it is usually he who makes the shocking discoveries of inconsistency. And this enables me to say that for the views and opinions here expressed I am alone responsible, and that nothing I have written must be taken as involving any of the companies with which I am connected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Treatise of the Law of Partnership In is' difficult to fix the precifc time wharf commercial dealings by the intervention of money firf'c began in the wo'rld'; or to trace with much a'ccur'acy th'e feve'ra'l' Rages of' commercial credit: todts pmfem hcightin this country.viii introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Progressive Movement: Its Principles and Its Programme Mr. Duncan-clark takes up chapter by chap ter the chief features of this programme. I com mend each chapter to the study of our people. He has well and truthfully portrayed the condi tions which demand a new party. He has Shown that both the old parties as at present controlled and managed represent the forces of reaction. If the Republicans had been true to the princi ples of Abraham Lincoln, if they had followed these principles in good faith, there would have been no need Of the new party. But the Repub lican managers, the bosses in the Republican ma chine deliberately stole the party organization from the rank and file of the party, and denied to the rank and file the right to express their own political convictions. They deliberately wrecked the party in the interests of political and com mercial privilege, preferring to see it ruined rather than that the rank and file should be al lowed to control it in their own interest and in the. Interest of the people as a whole. If the Demo cratic Party were true to the purposes of Tho mas Jefferson for the uplifting of the people it would of necessity adopt the Progressive platinherit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Progressive Reform, as Illustrated in the Public Services of Andrew H. Green On his return from the West Indies, Mr. Green's acquaintance with New York, and its opportunities having so much increased since his first introduction there, and his knowledge of his own preferences and tastes having assumed so much clearer form he was the better able to settle definitively upon an occupation; and being impressed with the advantages of a professional career, he accordingly devoted himself to the study of the law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from What's the Matter With America: The Meaning of the Progressive Movement and the Rise of the New Party There is a great deal going on to-day which savors of mystery and passes the comprehension of some men's minds. Whether we are reactionaries or radicals, whether we stand together on platitudes and conventions or unite in the free masonry of facts, we all feel that vast forces are at work in America which we do not entirely understand, and whose power and direction no one has been able to measure with accuracy. The American people, said a college president in a memorable baccalaureate address, is forever embarking with all sails set - for nowhere. Not long ago an Englishman, H.G. Wells, in his notes on America, said that in spite of the impressive and apparently resistless energy which he saw everywhere, he could find no trace of a national purpose, no evidence that our people were trying to make their country different or better than it was. Is this true? Are we a purposeless people, a nation of agitators enamored of strife and motion for its own sake? Is our agitation and motion merely rotary, or, through the length and breadth of our history, has it followed a definite purpose? And, above all, what is that purpose, and how are we seeking its accomplishment to-day? The world stands aside for those who know where they are going. At this time of great national change and pressure, it behooves every thoughtful American to ascertain for himself the meaning of the events which are happening around him. "Mr. President," said a young American in his speech to the Virginia Convention in 1775, "I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way to judge the future but by the past." But, unfortunately, the study of our past through books of American history rarely gives us more than a vague hint at the underlying causes of events, and altogether fails either to explain the present or throw light forward along the pathway of the future. Unfortunately, American histories have generally been written in the oak panelled libraries of more or less fossilized gentlemen, who are far removed from the stark realities of existence, and have little contact or sympathy with the problems, thoughts and impulses which have aroused our majorities to action, and have made or unmade nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

. Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.