The Mainspring of Human Progress [Revised Edition]Pickle Partners Publishing, 21 Eki 2016 - 192 sayfa Author Henry Grady Weaver was convinced that human liberty is the mainspring of progress, and that government tends always to tyranny. In this book, first published in 1947, Weaver popularizes these themes for the American people. This is the Revised Edition first published in 1953, containing Weaver’s revisions discussed and agreed prior to his untimely death in 1949. |
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PART IIITHE REVOLUTION 40 | |
Chapter 8THE FIRST ATTEMPT 40 | |
Chapter 10THE SECOND ATTEMPT 51 | |
Chapter 11PRELUDE TO THIRD ATTEMPT 67 | |
Chapter 13ROOTS OF REVOLUTION 85 | |
Chapter 14THE UNKNOWN INDIVIDUAL 92 | |
PART IVFRUITS OF FREEDOM 108 | |
Chapter 19HOPE VERSUS FEAR 121 | |
Chapter 20MORAL VERSUS MATERIAL 130 | |
Chapter 21FREEDOM VERSUS WAR 134 | |
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 142 | |
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