Excerpt from The Underlying Principles of Modern Legislation
In the present work, though I refer especially to British politics, I have drawn illustrations from many sources. The experiences of a somewhat nomadic existence have convinced me that no one who wishes to understand the course of legislation in any one country can afford to ignore the trend of political and industrial progress in other lands.
My primary purpose has been to state the principles that underlie the course of legislation. My occasional incursions into the field of present politics have been chiefly prompted by the belief that the meaning and value of a principle can be most effectively illustrated by a reference to problems whose data are derived from the facts of immediate experience. An acceptance of my statement of legislative principles need not involve an endorsement of conclusions I sometimes venture to express regarding the issues that divide the political parties of our time. If I am so fortunate as to convince the reader that a review of the course of legislation reveals the presence of principles which lie deeper than the antagonisms of parties or the conflicts of the schools, I shall endure with fortitude the charge of occasional error in my attempt to interpret these principles in relation to problems of the moment.
My readers will probably vary in their opinion of the value of the principles for the purposes of practical statesmanship. One point will be conceded by all.
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