Assent, defined, 117–123, 129, 189 Bacon, Francis, 162 Balkans, 188 Behavior, 55, 68–69; reasonable, defined, 145 Bentham, Jeremy, 200 Bergson, Henri, 32–33 Birth control, its relation to food supply, 87–88 Bismarck, Prince von, 14, 169 Brun, J. Charles, 183 Bryan, William Jennings, 36 Bryce, James, 18–19 Bulgaria, 188 Business, new gospel of, 178 Bystanders and agents defined, 40–53 Capitalism, 37, 179, 191, 192, 194, 195 Carr-Saunders, A. M., 87 Cassel, Gustav, 92, 94 Cats, mice and clover, 31–32 Cavour, Count di, 169 Centralization of government. _See_ Government Change, unnoticeable, 88 Chanticleer, 15 Chicago mayoral election, 17 Chinese and Greco-Roman civilizations, 174 Citizen, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 52, 148, 195 Citizenship, 151 Civic duty, derision for, 15, 146, 151 Civil rights, 58 Civilization, 174 Clover, cats and mice, 31–32 Competence, 150 Conduct, 182 Conformity, test of, defined, 123–124 Conscience, 28 Contracts, social, 40, 95–106; defined, 101–102, 104–105 Control, 55 Controversy, 77 Coöperation, 99 Corruption, 71, 72 Criteria of reform defined, 125–142 Criticism, 123 Crises, 67 Crisis, public opinion reserve force in, 69 Dante, 169 Darwin, Charles, 31, 32 Debate, public value of, defined, 110–114 Defective rule defined, 115–124 Defoe, Daniel, 177 Delbrück, Hans, 60 Democracy, 24, 35–37, 71, 146–151, 155, 189, 190, 197–200 Democratic theory, 14, 61, 147 Democrats, 59 Derision of citizens, 15 Descartes, 81 Dibblee, G. B., 176 Dictatorship, 190 Disenchanted man defined, 20 “Disorder, idea of,” 32–33; realms of, defined, 187–200 Dogma of assent, 117 Duties and rights. _See_ Rights and duties. Economic problem defined, 92–94. Education, 22–23, 24, 27; public, defined, 146–147, 148–151, 169 Election, defined, 56, 60, 61 Elections, defined, 127–130 England, 59, 86 Enterprise, Macaulay on, 49–50 Enterprisers, 176 Environment, 14, 78, 79, 179 Erickson, E. M., 16 Eugenics, 34–35 Evasion of law, 123 Evils of democracy, 35–36, 37, 173–186 Evolution, 81–84 Executive action, 144 Expectations, 33 Exploiters, 166 Fable of professor, 28 Food supply, 86–87 Franklin, Benjamin, 177–178 French security, 179 French Revolution, 59, 183 Frugality, 177 Function, government, defined, 70–73; relation to competency, 150 German diplomacy, 188 Germans, 179 Goethe, 173 Gosnell, Harvey Foote, 17 Government, vii, 14, 41, 50, 61, 62, 70, 71, 72, 73, 126, 173–186, 194; defined, 77, 126; function defined, 70–73 Grant, Madison, 22 Great Society, 43, 79, 98, 174, 183, 188–189 Greco-Roman and Chinese civilizations, 174 Grey, Lord, vii, 188 Guedalla, Philip, 14 Gun elevation, 91