108 The Evolution of the State. 



person known to each of tlieni, fairly chosen in open con- 

 vention and after full deliberation, those important powers 

 which they now entrust to unknown spoilsmen, whose only 

 incentive to action is the advancement of their private 

 interest, and who have neither the capacity nor the inclina- 

 tion to further the public good, and who, therefore, permit 

 the citizen, for instance, to bo represented in Congress by 

 some person who is amenable, not as the Constitution 

 designed, to the people, but to those who hold the power to 

 present him to the people as their candidate ? 



However this may be, the State, as an affirmative factor 

 of evil interference with the man, belongs wholly to the 

 past. The State which is to be will foster every personal 

 right, protect every avenue of personal advancement, 

 encourage every aspiration for personal freedom. It will 

 gather to itself all great and noble thoughts, because it will 

 witness the elevation of the common man. Into its com- 

 plete formation will enter all lofty contemplation of the 

 highest good to man. To its constitution all classes and 

 conditions of mankind will contribute. Every noble en- 

 deavor, every holy instinct, and every chivalric deed of all 

 the past, will be garnered in its perfect Statehood. It will 

 be tolerant of human weakness, it will be helpful to human 

 endeavor. Truth and honor will find in it an altar. Virtue 

 will find it a shield, and vice a sword. Speech will be 

 given audience by it. Crime will be disarmed by it. Into 

 it will flow all gracious impulses, out of it will come all 

 needful courage ; for it will reach its perfection at a time 

 and in an age when men shall be exactly what they seem, 

 and the State itself shall be the auspicious symbol of the 

 Brotherhood of Man. 



