Genesis of the Social Conscience

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Excerpt from Genesis of the Social Conscience: The Relation Between the Establishment of Christianity in Europe and the Social QuestionI cannot hope to avoid the appearance of one-sided ness. Political and Economic History are passed coolly by. The vast bulk of events is untouched. I Shall seem to make ideas advance to the sound of the trumpet, like the things that happen in one of Dumas' novels. May be - which is worse - I shall appear to be writing a poor fairy story, and calling it philosophy of history. The one-sidedness, however, is conscious and avowed. It can deceive no one but myself, and I trust that even I Shall escape. My excuse is that one Sidedness is worth while. In the hope of proving it, thereby defending myself against that righteous horror of easy generalization which is the best side Of the intellectual life of our day, I venture to give a short syllabus of the main points that I desire to make good.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.