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society allows them liberty to do so, and the society which allows. them most liberty is a democracy. Democracy has another merit. It allows criticism, and if there. is not public criticism there are bound to be hushed-up scandals. That is why I believe in the press, despite all its lies and vulgarity, and why I believe in Parliament.
Essays that applaud democracy's toleration of individual freedom and self-criticism and deplore its encouragement of mediocrity: "We may still contrive to raise three cheers for democracy, although at present she only deserves two."
28. Dez. 2022 · May 15, 2019. Edited by MARC Bot. import existing book. April 1, 2008. Created by an anonymous user. Imported from Scriblio MARC record . Two cheers for democracy by Edward Morgan Forster, Oliver Stallybrass, 1951, E. Arnold edition, in English.
They said, at the time, that if Bertrand Russell was the head of humanism, then E M Forster was the heart. And I think that that’s quite true. The essays in Two Cheers for Democracy span a period of about twenty years—through the 30s and the 40s—and they’re incredibly humane. He touches on the prejudices of the day, the emerging ...
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Two Cheers for Democracy By E. M. Forster. Harcourt, 1951, 363 pp. Essays written over the last 15 years. In the opening section, as the author says, "the climate is political, and the conclusion suggested is that, though we cannot expect to love one anot ...
1. Dez. 2014 · The Importance of Being Decent. Matthew Adams on E. M. Forster, Two Cheers for Democracy. In January 1939, as Europe was convulsing to the rhythms of what George Orwell would call ‘the tom-tom beat of a latter-day tribalism’, W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood and E. M. Forster were gathered at Waterloo Station. It was a solemn occasion.
