Excerpt from Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure
In looking over this volume, first published in 1889, with a view to a final Edition, I am glad to note that after all there is not much in it requiring alteration. Considering that the original issue took place more than 30 years ago, I had thought that the great changes in scientific and philosophic thought which have taken place during that period would probable have rendered "out of date" a good deal of the book.
As a matter of fact, the first paper - that on Civilisation - was given as a lecture before the Fabian Society, in 1888; and I shall not easily forget the furious attacks which were made upon it on that occasion. The book - published as a whole in 1889 - came in for a very similar reception from the press-critics. They slated it to the top of their bent - except in those not unfrequent cases when they ignored it as almost beneath notice.
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