That the State should compete with private individuals--especially
with parents--in providing happy homes for children, so that every
child may have a refuge from the tyranny or neglect of its natural
custodians.
That Men no longer need special political privileges to protect them
against Women, and that the sexes should henceforth enjoy equal
political rights.
That no individual should enjoy any Privilege in consideration of
services rendered to the State by his or her parents or other
relations.
That the State should secure a liberal education and an equal share
in the National Industry to each of its units.
That the established Government has no more right to call itself the
State than the smoke of London has to call itself the weather.
That we had rather face a Civil War than such another century of
suffering as the present one has been.
It would be easy in the light of thirty years' experience to write at
much length on these propositions. They are, of course, unqualified
"Shaw." The minutes state that each was discussed and separately
adopted. Three propositions, the nature of which is not recorded, were
at a second meeting rejected, while the proposition on heredity was
drafted and inserted by order of the meeting. I recollect demurring to
the last proposition, and being assured by the author that it was all
right since in fact no such alternative would ever be offered!
The persistency of Mr.
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