1899 Archives - The Libertarian Labyrinth

Wallace E. Nevill, “God and Government” (1899)

December 5, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

FREE SOCIETY LIBRARY NO. 3 _______________________ GOD AND GOVERNMENT THE SIAMESE TWINS OF SUPERSTITION “Man, know thyself; presume not ‘God’ to scan— The proper study of mankind is Man.” BY Wallace E. Nevill DECEMBER, 1899 God and Government. In disputation the force of reason is to be sought for rather than authority, since the authority of a teacher is often a disadvantage to those who are willing to learn, as they refuse to use their own judgment, and rely implicitly on him whom they have chosen for a preceptor. A great name is not a substitute for an argument. […]

E. L. Juin, “Emile Zola: Le Triomphe de la vérité” (1899)

September 16, 2019 Shawn P. Wilbur

Emile Zola, Le Triomphe de la vérité : justifications des allégations contenues dans “J’accuse” par le débats de la Cour de Cassation, 1899. This was the one pamphlet that Juin, otherwise known as E. Armand, published under his own name. pdf

Albert Libertad, “The Legend of Christmas” (1899)

December 25, 2017 Shawn P. Wilbur

Once upon a time, a long time ago, around the year 1900, there was a big heap of rocks and mud that the natives at that time called Paris. It was the capital of a country favored with a temperate climate where cereals, vineyards, and the most beautiful fruits grew in abundance. Approaching these heaps of stone, overcoming the pestilential odors given off by them, one saw that it was crossed by roads of all sorts: some wide, packed with fine houses, and others narrow, with, on each side, houses with the look of mousetraps, arranged in tight rows.

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Elbert Hubbard, “I Am an Anarkist (The Better Part)” (1899)

August 29, 2016 Shawn P. Wilbur

I AM an Anarkist. All good men are Anarkists. All cultured, kindly men all gentle men; all just men are Anarkists. Jesus was an Anarkist. A Monarkist is one who believes a monark should govern. A Plutokrat believes in the rule of the rich. A Demokrat holds that the majority should dictate. An Aristokrat thinks only the wise should decide; while an Anarkist does not believe in government at all. Richard Croker is a Monarkist; Mark Hanna a Plutokrat; Cleveland a Demokrat; Cabot Lodge an Aristokrat; William Penn, Henry D. Thoreau, Bronson Alcott and Walt Whitman were Anarkists. An Anarkist […]

Max Nettlau, Responsibility and Solidarity in the Labor Struggle (1899)

May 4, 2015 Shawn P. Wilbur

[ezcol_2third] The following remarks, based on an article published by me in Freedom, November 1897, must not be understood as wishing to replace direct Anarchist propaganda by a “remedy or a “hobby,” they simply raise a general subject which has been, as far as I know and am told, neglected up till now: the possibility of some new form and combination in the labor struggle; and I am anxious for Anarchist criticism, which, apart from the general possibility has to examine whether the means suggested are on the road to freedom or the contrary; consequently, whether they merit the support […]

Han Ryner, “Duel upon Duel” (“The Penny-Pincher”) (1899)

September 10, 2012 Shawn P. Wilbur

Duel sur Duel (L’AVARE) Par Han Ryner LORSQUE, au bras de son mari, Mme Geneviève Serre se promenait sur l’Esplanade, grande, souple et lente, le visage vaguement éclairé d’un sourire, les jeunes gens de la petite ville suivaient d’un long regard cette statue qui marche. Us la trouvaient belle, malgré la sobriété de ses lignes, et leurs rêves émus lui faisaient une ardente escorte. Elle ignorait les désirs soulevés sur ses pas et, si elle eût deviné leur accompagnement, elle s’en fût irritée comme d’injures. Elle était restée la rougissante et irritable pensionnaire qui, ne comprenant jamais avec netteté, se […]