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political work ; it ought to give a large space to economic and agricultural scietice—to work in detail and on useful and familiar subjects . Since the union of the " Communes " with the "Courier des Elccteurs , " this plan has undergone some alterations .
The journals of which we have hitherto spoken , view politics more as the passing events of the day than as an abstract science , thinking only of the present or the immediate future , and content to leave the state of society as they find it . Those of which we shall now speak have more enlarged views and higher objects .
We shall not dwell long upon the " Revolution of 1830 , " or " Journal of Popular interests . " Its opinions are those which , in England , are called radical , that is to say , requiring a state of complete social equality . They systematically oppose the present state of thiugs ; the editors daily display an intimate acquaintauce with political economy , and
possess every kind of talent ; but from a want of tact , this knowledge and this vigour of style are almost lost ; and it is only in the future that they can hope to see their system popular . The " Revolution , " in fact , has not obtained a large circulation , and although advocating , perhaps , the most popular opinions , it has met with but little success .
" Le Globe" and "L ' slvenir" support more perfect systems , aud they are of opinion that improvements in the civil law and-in political government will have great influence over society ; they also wish to form a moral system founded on religious belief .
We all know that the " Globe" was , during the first days of its existence , a philosophical and literary collection , rather than a . political journal , and that it was ranked very high among the periodicals of Europe . It founded a new school of criticism , and introduced into
trance many new ideas of philosophy aud of economy , which have since taken root and produced fruits ; besides , it treated politics from a largely extended point of view , aud it became the centre of a new , more tolerant , and more enlightened liberalism , which was at the same time more ardent because it was new .
Young persons , in fact , were attracted in crowds towards this standard , which led them not to war , but on a voyage of discovery ; aud the Globe thus rendered great services . We have , on one side , some absurdities , and a taste for Germau , which a close and passionate application to study must have engendered .
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Immediately after the revolution of July , the Globe entirely changed its editors ; it became , for two months , a determined opposer of the Chamber and the Guisot ministry . It has again changed hands , and is now the organ of the opinions of Saint Simon . One of its disciples has given an account of this doctrine in onr number for
November last , aud at some future opportunity we may , perhaps , enter into a critical notice of it . We shall only now remark on the striking coincidences which presented themselves and the social state of Europe at its origin and its propagation . It came when all other beliefs were
dead ; when all powerful and poetical minds were discouraged ; when the moral party of mankind no louger delighted in any generous dreams ; when competition and annoyance surrounded every career ; and when industry , science , and even social life , are nothing but a cruel and destructive war ; then , it came with its dogmas of universal benevolence , with
its promises of peaceful classification and its equal distrioution of wealth ; when heritage in the political state is about to perish under a last attack , it comes with its principles for the complete abolishing of all heritage ; lastly , at a time when the misery of the poor is a reproach to
the rich , and a terror to all , and when a myriad of roletaires threaten to become an army of tigers , because they are not thought worthy of being treated like human beings , it brings a new gospel—one of science , of peace , and of industry , which ought to war against these monstrous evils .
It is true that the doctrine and facts do not always agree , aud some things appear ephemeral paradoxes ; bnt the vast mental power of the St . Simonites must , in the end , modify these to a very considerable extent . In fact , settiug aside the mystical part of its doctrine , every clear-sighted man may predict that the people will go on realizing many of its principles . Thus it
is impossible to doubt that heritage , of which we have just spoken , will one day be entirely abolished ; this day may be more or less distant , but it is undoubtedly much nearer than many think who are satisfied of the necessity of it . Thus the admission , however slight and incomplete , of the literary class of society to the enjoyment of political rights , is a first step towards the classification of individuals according to capacity . We must then regard the Globe aa a daily pamphlet destined to place before
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Critical Notices . —Miscellaneous * 403
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1831, page 403, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2598/page/43/
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