Democracy has passed through many raging storms. In the dark days of the Civil War there were many who feared that in America it was about to perish utterly. But it survived and grew stronger than before. Without the faith of the people in it, and the work which is the exemplification of faith, democracy can accomplish nothing; with these things there is no problem that it need fear to face.
General References
E. M. Friedman, American Problems of Reconstruction, pp. 45-55;
Bertrand Russell, Proposed Roads to Freedom, pp. 186-212;
R. C. K. Ensor (editor), Modern Socialism, pp. 65-89;
N. P. Gilman, Socialism and the American Spirit, pp. 46-89;
H. G. Wells, What is Coming, pp. 96-124;
O. D. Skelton, Socialism: A Critical Analysis, pp. 16-61;
John Spargo, Social Democracy Explained, pp. 1-49;
C. J. Bullock, Selected Readings in Economics, pp. 668-705;