The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 11

The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 11 - Antepenultimata

The greater part of the contents of this volume is published in admirable form by A. M. Robertson, of San Francisco, with the title The Shadow on the Dial and Other Essays. When the prospectus of Mr. Bierces Collected Works was issued by our house in 1908 no allowance was made for this matter, but through the generosity of Mr. Robertson, and of Mr. S. O. Howes, the books compiler and editor, we are now able to include it in our scheme, with revisions and additions by the author. For this courtesy we are greatly indebted to Messrs. Robertson and Howes. THERE is a deal of confusion and uncertainty in the use of the words socialist, anarchist, and nihilist. Even the ist himself commonly knows with as little accuracy what he is as the rest of us know why he is. The socialist believes that most human affairs should be regulated and managed by the statethe governmentthat is to say, the majority. Our own system has many socialist features and the trend of republican government is all that way. The anarchist favors abolition of all law and frequently belongs to an organization that secures his allegiance by solemn oaths and dreadful penalties. Nihilism is a name given by Turgenieff to the general body of Russian discontent which finds expression in antagonizing authority and killing authorities. Constructive politics would seem, as yet, to be a cut above the nihilists intelligence; he is essentially a destructionary.16 He is so diligently engaged in unweeding the soil that he has not given a thought to what he will grow there. Nihilism may be defined as a policy of assassination tempered by reflections on Siberia. American sympathy with it is the offspring of an unholy union between the tongue of a liar and the ear of a dupe. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 66905
Author: Bierce, Ambrose
Release Date: Dec 8, 2021
Format: eBook
Language: English
Publisher: The Neale Publishing Company
Publication Date: 1911
Publisher Country: United States