Is the Ballot a Mistake? (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Is the Ballot a Mistake? These remarks may be applied in all their force to the question of the Ballot. It is a question that involves great philosophical principles, and these principles involve very many and very complex ideas. It took its rise from a particular school of thinkers. It conveys to the mind very vague no tions of its true character. The practical working of the system can scarcely be estimated Yet it is eagerly demanded by many persons, whose amount of leisure and education would seem hardly sufficient to entitle their judgment to much consi deration, did they not happen to coincide in opinion with some few men of acknowledged ability. In order then to arrive at any true conclusions on this subject, we must at once set aside all the arguments which are daily urged in favour of this measure from the alleged demand that is made for it by particular parties in the state. Popular de mand may render a measure inevitable, but it can have nothing whatever to do with an explanation of its true character and effects. They are quite dis tinct things, and ought to be studiously kept apart. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.