Produced by MFR, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE UNFINISHED PROGRAMME OF DEMOCRACY ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR The Renascence of Faith The Highroad to Christ Christ and Ourselves Personality and Nationality The Church in the Commonwealth (New Commonwealth Books) The Red Cap on the Cross ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE UNFINISHED PROGRAMME OF DEMOCRACY BY RICHARD ROBERTS [Illustration: Publisher’s Logo] NEW YORK: B. W. HUEBSCH Mcmxx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO “MINE OWN,” N., P., D., AND G. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY 9 II. THE TESTS OF DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS 39 III. THE PECUNIARY STANDARD 64 IV. THE REDEMPTION OF WORK 93 V. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF LIBERTY 131 VI. THE PRACTICE OF FELLOWSHIP 160 VII. THE ORGANISATION OF GOVERNMENT 210 VIII. A DEMOCRATISED WORLD 251 IX. EDUCATION INTO DEMOCRACY 295 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE THESE pages embody the attempt of a plain man to thread a way through the social confusion of our time. The book sets out with a profound faith in the validity of the democratic principle; and its object is to trace the path along which the logic of this principle appears to lead. No claim is made to expert knowledge of economics or political science; but the writer has endeavoured to acquaint himself with the recent literature of the subject and to understand the main currents of prevailing opinion and feeling. Events are moving so rapidly at the present time that certain passages became impertinent before the book was finished. It is probable that before it finally leaves the writer’s hands, other passages may suffer in the same way. But the main drift of the argument remains unaffected. * * * * *