22 EVOLUTION, SOCIAL. AND ORGANIC 



the language of Marx, it is obliged by present 

 necessity to dig its own future grave. 



The same inscrutable power that called it 

 forth to lead society to a new triumph, now 

 relegates it to the rear and enthrones in its 

 place a new class, a propertyless working 

 class, the child of the wage system, destined 

 to emancipate itself and, by the same stroke, 

 the whole human race. If this be not the mis- 

 sion of the working class, as an instrument of 

 social evolution, the press and platform of the 

 Socialist movement is a useless dissipation of 

 energy. But this is precisely what Marx 

 proved when he laid the foundation of the 

 Socialist philosophy. 



Every year brings its quota of evidence that 

 the working class is gathering the political 

 capacity and the social intelligence necessary 

 to equip it for this tremendous task. 



Norway grew weary of Swedish dominance 

 and decided to achieve national independence. 

 At once the Swedish Bourgeoisie began to gird 

 up its loins for a bloody dynastic war. The 

 pampered sons of its aristocracy, unable to do 

 anything useful, were to have glory thrust 

 upon them, commanding, from the rear, 

 regiments of Swedish workers to slaughter 

 and be slaughtered by their exploited Nor- 

 wegian brothers. But while these sinister 



