Excerpt from Problems in Political Evolution This volume aims to settle no controverted questions. Its prov ince is to state problems, not to solve them. Its purpose is to show the relativity of political methods and the multiplicity Of forces in volved in each phase of political evolution and at the same time to indicate the essential unity and continuous development Of the state and the consequent interrelation among all the aspects of political existence. Such a study necessitates numerous broad gen eralizations, few of which are entirely above criticism. The very intricacy of the process under consideration places limitations upon almost every statement that may be made. In a general way, how ever, an attempt is here made to trace the evolution of certain phases of the state, to point out some of the problems that have arisen because of the nature of political organization, to indicate the methods that men at various times and places have employed in their attempted solutions, and to bring out the permanence Of these problems, the impossibility of their final settlement, the need for constant compromise and adjustment, and the danger of rash experiments and extremes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.