Democracy and Liberty: In Two Volumes

Volume II - Title Page, Copyright

DemocracyVol2_00i-xxvi.indd 1 12/22/11 10:35 AM DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY DemocracyVol2_00i-xxvi.indd 2 12/22/11 10:35 AM DemocracyVol2_00i-xxvi.indd 3 12/22/11 10:35 AM LIBERTY FUND CLASSICS ON LIBERTY Essays in the History of Liberty Lord Action The Servile State Hilaire Belloc Democracy and Liberty William Hartpole Lecky A Plea for Liberty Thomas Mackay, ed. Popular Government Sir Henry Maine Discourses Concerning Government Algernon Sidney The Man Versus the State Herbert Spencer On Liberty, Society, and Politics William Graham Sumner Cato's Letters: Essays on Liberty John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon DemocracyVol2_00i-xxvi.indd 4 12/22/11 10:35 AM DemocracyVol2_00i-xxvi.indd 5 12/22/11 10:35 AM DEMOCRACY AND LIBERTY by WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY Volume II. LIE:t\~ ______ L_fu~erty_F_un~d~---INDIANAPOLIS 1981 DemocracyVol2_00i-xxvi.indd 6 12/22/11 10:35 AM This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 s.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. "Introduction" copyright 1981 by William Murchison. All rights reserved , including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Brief quotations may be included in a review, and all inquiries should be addressed to Liberty Fund, Inc., 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 4625o-1687. This book was manufactured in the United States of America. Photograph from Louis Mercier. Democracy and Liberty was first published in March 1896 by Longmans, Green and Company in London. During that year it was printed three more times. This Liberty Fund edition of 1981 is based on the second edition of 1896. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Lecky, William Edward Hartpole, 1838-1903. Democracy and Liberty. Originally published: London; New York: Longmans, Green, 1896. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Democracy. 2. Liberty. I. Title. JC423.L4 1981 321.8 8o-82371 ISBN o-913966-80 (set) AACR2 ISBN o-913966-82-7 (v. 1) ISBN o-913966-83-5 (v. 2) ISBN o-913966-81-9 (pbk. set) ISBN o-913966-84-3 (pbk.: v. 1) ISBN o-913966-85-1 (pbk.: v. 2) 01 00 99 98 97 c 6 5 4 3 2 01 00 99 98 97 p 6 5 4 3 2 ...