The Altruist in Politics

pubOne.info present you this new edition. There comes not seldom a crisis in the life of men, of nations, and of worlds, when the old forms seem ready to decay, and the old rules of action have lost their binding force. The evils of existing systems obscure the blessings that attend them; and, where reform is needed, the cry is raised for subversion. The cause of such phenomena is not far to seek. “It used to appear to me, ” writes Count Tolstoi, in a significant passage, “it used to appear to me that the s