The Book of the Sons of the Revolution in Indiana

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Excerpt from The Book of the Sons of the Revolution in Indiana: Number TwoIt must be Observed, in the first place, that the social freedom and mobility which permit every superior person to rise to his appropriate level in democratic society would be doubtful advantages, if for every person or family which should rise another should sink. If society as a whole is to gain by mobility and openness of struc ture, those who rise must stay up in successive genera tions, that the higher levels Of society may be constantly enlarged, and that the proportion Of pure, gentle, mag nanimous, and refined persons may be steadily increased. New-risen talent should re - inforce the upper ranks. New families rising to eminent station should be additions to those which already hold high place in the regard Of their neighbors, and should not be merely substitutes for de caying families. In feudal society, when a man had once risen to high rank, there were systematic arrangements, like primogeniture and entailed estates, for keeping his posterity in the same social order. A democratic society sanctions no such arrangements, and does not need them, yet for the interests of the state, the assured per manence Of superior families is quite as important as the free starting Of such families.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.