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Reprinted from "CRITICS AND CRUSADERS" by Charles A. Madison with the permission of Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.
Reprinted from "CRITICS AND CRUSADERS" by Charles A. Madison with the permission of Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.
ANARCHIST REBEL The hanging of several anarchists in 1887 as a consequence of the Haymarket bombing in Chicago caused many Americans to sympathize with the gibbeted radicals. Youths swathed in bright idealism, men and women rooted in equalitarian democracy, workers trusting in the rectitude of their government—all doubted the guilt of the condemned prisoners and were deeply perturbed by the egregious miscarriage of justice. Many of them for the first time became aware of the state's ruthless a
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Translated from the German by Ray E. Chase
Translated from the German by Ray E. Chase
"An important contribution to political philosophy, both on account of its penetrating and widely informative analysis of many famous writers, and on account of the brilliant criticism of state-worship, the prevailing and most noxious superstition of our time. I hope it will be widely read in all those countries in which disinterested thinking is not yet illegal."— Bertrand Russell "In my opinion the work Nationalism and Culture is deserving of the highest respect. I have studied it throughout,
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Authorized translation from the German MS by Arthur E. Briggs
Authorized translation from the German MS by Arthur E. Briggs
"Here is a volume that sets forth the contributions toward freedom that are original to our own soil. However, these are given with a proper setting of a European background that adds illumination to the brilliance and creativeness of our greatest leaders of progressive action toward the dawn of a New Age."— From the Preface by the late Dr. F. W. Roman, regent of the University of California 215 + XX pp. with extended Bibliography and Index $3.00...
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Great Characters from World Literature
Great Characters from World Literature
" The Six seems to me like a great symphony. A short introduction, a prelude, sets the theme, sad and enigmatic. This theme is repeated in each of the six stories, which make up the symphony. Each has its own mood and tempo. At last comes a jubilant, resolving finale. The whole work effects me like a great orchestral performance."— From the Preface by Ray E. Chase Presentation Copy, 255 pp. green leatherette binding $2.00 Libertarian Book Club , Distributors...
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