Preliminary statement : a synthesis of modern science / by Marshall Bruce Williams.

  • Bruce-Williams, Marshall.
Date:
[1905]
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    Again, to,restrain within due limits tlie, at present, in varying degrees in varying countries, uni'estrained powei* of the Trusts, companies, etc., of the productive and distributive worlds, we need the discipline of a minimum wage, standard of employment, housing, light, food, etc., education, training, l)eloiv wlrich no private or ]jublic l)ody may go. iVt the same time, in order to leave the road open to the freewill, initiative, experiment, of the imtnral AriMorracA/, the setters of the higher standards of society, we must be equally careful not to impose, in any sphere of life, in any dejmitment of human activity, spiritual, economic, physical or sexual, the limits of this arerage UAi/ormiUg of this legally recognised uniform rn'mimum, on this aristocracy. The road f)f private, individual or group freedom, nmst be kept open. The 10 per cent. Fit, that is. must persuade the 80 per cent, average, to eliminate, by law, the TO per cent. Unfit, in methods, measures, standards, etc., but on the other hand the 80 per cent, must recognise the right and necessity for social and individual purposes of the 10 per cent. Fit to initiate, experiment, exhil)it the courage and daring of their craft as leaders. The modern world is full of this pioneer work of the leading 10 per cent. They indicate and point the way to that order which must arise in the spiritual, economic, political and sexual worlds. On the other hand, what retards and ci'ipples in every direction the full (irfinties and powiA- of lead(A‘x, 'is the existence of the rotten laise of a social pyi-amid, the 10 per cent. Unfit