5. Socialism and (or) Communism
Chapter 5
SOCIALISM AND/OR COMMUNISM
The nearest approach to the bee swarm is found in socialism or communism – whichever term you care to use. There is not much choice between the two; they both aim at world collectivism. The only difference is a variation of viewpoint as to what tactics and procedures should be used to bring it about.
6. The Living Authorities
Chapter 6
7. The Static Center
Chapter 7
PART THREE–THE REVOLUTION
PART III
THE REVOLUTION
8. The First Attempt
Chapter 8
THE FIRST ATTEMPT
No one knows who first made the discovery that men are free. The fragmentary records begin with one person. There is no historical proof that he really existed, but the story holds its own self-evident truth; and for countless generations, it was handed down from father to son.
9. Compromise
Chapter 9
COMPROMISE
ABRAHAM declared that every man is a free agent, responsible only to God. Moses reduced the teachings of Abraham to a written code of moral law, directed to the individual. Christ expanded on these teachings and added a new commandment emphasizing the principle of human brotherhood.
These events marked the turning point in a world which had long been dominated by the gods of superstition – the will-of-the-swarm and the living authorities.
10. The Second Attempt
Chapter 10
11. Prelude to Third Attempt
Chapter 11
PRELUDE TO THIRD ATTEMPT
THROUGH Italy, the Saracens had given to Europeans “the awakening of science and learning” which lifted them out of the Dark Ages; through Spain, the last of their energy led to the development of a new world. The discovery, exploration, and early colonization of America are closely connected with the Spanish Inquisition. As an instrument of Church discipline, the Inquisition had its beginning early in the 13th century, but south of the Pyrenees it met with considerable opposition.
12. The Third Attempt
Chapter 12
THE THIRD ATTEMPT
ABRAHAM and the prophets knew that men are free. Christ knew it. The Saracens knew it. And 200 years after the fall of Granada, the idea was gaining momentum along the eastern edge of North America.
Obscure individuals – who lived and died unknown to anyone but their neighbors – started the third attempt to establish conditions in which human beings could use their natural freedom.
13. Roots of Revolution
Chapter 13
ROOTS OF REVOLUTION
THE American rebellion against economic tyranny really had its beginning in the 1660’s – about 40 years after the Pilgrims first set foot on New England’s coast. This was during the period when England was “a piece of land entirely surrounded by smugglers,” and ghouls were digging up London’s dead to salvage the woolen shrouds. To improve the industry of his realm, Charles II signed an act permitting the American colonists to ship cotton, lumber, tobacco, and other products to England – but only to England.
