Civilisation : Its Cause and Cure 



Society without Government 



From Morley's Rousseau^ vol. ii, p. 227, note. (Eversley 

 edition, 19 10.) 



" Jefferson, who was American minister in France from 

 1784 to 1789, and absorbed a great many of the ideas 

 then afloat, writes in words that seem as if they were 

 borrowed from Rousseau : ' I am convinced that those 

 societies (as the Indians), which live without government, 

 enjoy in their general mass an infinitely greater degree 

 of happiness than those who live under European govern- 

 ments. Among the former public opinion is in the state of 

 law, and restrains morals as powerfully as laws ever did any- 

 where. Among the latter, under pretence of government, 

 they have divided the nation into two classes, wolves and 

 sheep, I do not exaggerate ; this is a true picture of 

 Europe.' " (From Tucker's Life ofjeffersoriy vol. i, p. 255.) 



Security without Government 



From Tafilet^y p. 353. By W. B. Harris. (Blackwood, 1895.) 



" The Moors have a proverb, and it is a very true one, 

 that safety and security can only be found in the districts 

 where there is no government — that is to say, where the 

 government is a tribal one," 



Degradation through " Civilisation ** 



From The Spiritualism oj the Zulu. By C. H. Bull, or 

 Durban. 



** Thirty-two years ago, I lived for some time in a district 

 in Natal, then thickly populated with natives, still con- 



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