The Philosophy of Citizenship An Introduction to Civics for Adults
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. . Is the commandment of a people imperfectly developed in the moral sense, and it always precedes Follow the gleam. The one is negative and forbids, the other is positive and urges ; the one causes a shrinkage of the sensitive soul, the other causes its expansion. It is nobler to point towards a good to be attained than towards an evil to be avoided ; but it requires a higher stage of civilisa- tion to appreciate this method, and a higher type of personality to carry it out. The citizen may w...ork along two lines, the positive and the negative, the latter being the easier. Negative forces are useful in exposing evils and criticising conditions ; but they are merely destructive, and attempt to rid society of certain institutions or tendencies without offering others to replace them. Exposures, criticisms, and ridicule may pursue their destructive course, and to some 96 Social Ideas extent it is a necessary one, which clears the ground of evils and mistakes. But bare ground is not sufficient for the homes of citizens ; the planter and builder must do their share.
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