[183] _La Conquete du pain_, Pierre Kropotkin, 5th edition, Paris, 1895, page 202. [184] _The Principles of Sociology_, by Herbert Spencer, Vol. III, page 534. [185] Cf. _The Spirit of American Government_, by J. Allen Smith, LL.B. Ph.D., for a discussion of this subject. [186] This statement must not be interpreted too narrowly, of course. While the nature of these things makes possible an infinitely wider range of personal liberty than is possible in some other things, individual liberty must _ultimately_ be governed by the liberty of others. A fanatical religious sect practicing human sacrifice, for instance, could not be tolerated by any civilized society. Obscenity in art is another example. [187] I use the word "state" throughout this discussion in its largest, most comprehensive sense, as meaning the whole political organization of society. [188] This view is fully shared by Kautsky, _Agrarfrage_, pages 443-444, and by Paul Lafargue, _Revue Politique et Parliamentaire_, October, 1898, page 70. [189] Of course, this does not mean that there must not be private _use_ of land. [190] The student who cares to pursue the subject will find that this analysis is, in the main, agreed to by the most eminent exponents of Marxian Socialism to-day. Cf., for instance, Kautsky's _Das Erfurter Program_; the same writer's _The Social Revolution_, especially pages 117, 159; Vandervelde, quoted by Ensor, _Modern Socialism_, page 205; also, Vandervelde's _Collectivism_, page 46. Jaures, the brilliant French Socialist, may not perhaps be strictly included in the category of "eminent Marxists," but he accepts the position of Kautsky, see _Studies in Socialism_, by Jean Jaures, pages 36-40. See, also, Engels, _Die Bauernfrage in Frankreich und Deutschland_, published in _Die Neue Zeit_, 1894-1895, No. 10; Kautsky, _Die Agrarfrage_; and Simons, _The American Farmer_. That most of these deal with petty agriculture rather than petty industry is true, but the principle holds in regard to both. [191] "Ethics of Social Progress," by Professor Franklin H. Giddings in _Philanthropy and Social Progress_ (1893), page 226. [192] "The Economics of Factory Legislation," in _The Case For the Factory Acts_, by Mrs. Sidney Webb, page 50. [193] See, for instance, Mr. Roosevelt's speech at Matinecock, L.I., near Oyster Bay, July 11, 1908, as reported in the daily papers by the Associated Press. Also, the Republican National Platform, 1908, which states that Socialism stands for "equality of possession," while the Republican Party stands for "equality of opportunity"--a complete misrepresentation, both of Socialism and the Republican Party!