# Democracy—false or true?

Author: Richmond, W. B. (William Blake), Sir, 1842-1921

Genre: Great Britain -- Social conditions

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78117

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Democracy%E2%80%94false+or+true%3F+Richmond&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It is a dangerous, but agreeable, game to play the prophet, perhaps unwise; but while admitting that, I am going to do so, not because I feel sure, but because I want to sift my own thoughts. I may be told “why not do so in private?” I’ve done that already. Probably it does not matter what an old man says, “He is a weather beaten block waiting for axe or fire.” Whatever Ideals are mine, there are few which are in agreement with the fashion of to-day. Still I am capable of looking forward. I’ve looked back a great deal in my life, and been a humble student of “Cause and Effect.” Young enough to believe, even though it lies distant from hence, in Utopia, and I make bold to say so. I still b...

## Chapters

- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/democracy-false-or-true-78117/chapters/14/index.md)