CHAPTER XII.
PROGRESS OF PROPAGANDA TO THE TENTH PERSECUTION.
Seven Years' Persecution of Equalitarian Innovators—Seventh Great Persecution—Christians
charged with Sorcery in Eighth Persecution—Tortures of Ninth
and Tenth Persecutions—Pretended Conversion of Constantine—Lives of
Early Christian exemplars to the Pagan World 75
CHAPTER XIII.
DEBASEMENT OF THE NEW POWER WHEN SEIZED BY RULERS.
Cost of making the New Ideas triumphant—Change in Character in the hands of
Kings, Courtiers, and Profitmongers—Emancipations become a matter of
Policy and Profit—Repudiation of principles of Fraternity and Equality—Horrors
of introduction of Proletarianism 82
CHAPTER XIV.
SERVICE OF CHRISTIANITY IN BREAKING CASTE-BONDS.
Division of Emancipated Slaves into two Classes of Proletarians—Equality and
Fraternity gave the desire for Liberty—Inveteracy of Caste-prejudice—Perversion
of Christianity under Constantine—Antagonism of Wages-Slavery
and Christianity 89
CHAPTER XV.
FORM OF SLAVERY UNDER MODERN CIVILIZATION.
Persistence of Chattel-Slavery in Eastern Countries—Assumption of form of Wages-Slavery
under Modern Civilization—Creation of Millionaire Capitalists by
present System—Result in Ruin and Starvation of the Labouring Class—Necessity
of repressive Armies and Police—Measures necessary to secure
Social Reform 96
CHAPTER XVI.
REFORMS AS MUCH NEEDED IN AMERICA AND IN COLONIES AS IN EUROPE.
Answer to question, "How is Human Slavery to go out?"—Insufficiency of mere
Political Freedom—Accessibility of Public Lands in new Countries their
chief Advantage—Inadequacy of Universal Suffrage without a Knowledge
of Social Rights—America falling into same Abyss as Europe 104
CHAPTER XVII.
RELIEF TO UNEMPLOYED OR DESTITUTE A RIGHT—NOT A CHARITY.
Inability of a People ignorant of Social Rights to choose Representatives—Duties
of a wise Democracy—Omnipotency of a Knowledge of Social Rights—Facility
of Application of Social Reforms—Exposition of the three
Provisional Measures necessary 109
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