At that time the people of Europe, all preclaimed that their rulers were Heaven-born and had received! Divine prerogatives. The great majority of the ignorant populace Jsupported them; so the educated scholars, no matter what methods or energy they put forth, were junable to overthrow them. After-
[wards when the belief grew that all men were born equal and free, it was considered right to struggle for these things, and later still the rulers of Europe one by one fell of themselves. But after the despotic rulers had fallen, the people firmly Delieving the doctrine that all men jate equal by birth, daily strove to Jgain this equality not knowing that impossible. To-day scientific age, men fully realize there is no such thing as. this heaven—bestowed equality for all Even if according to this popaler belief men act without caring for the truth and try to enforce it, will only be a false equality "as illustrated by the second diagram where those in high positions are [pressed down to the bottom, and] everything is uniform only at the top. As to the foot of the diagram, {there you have a crooked line which still uneven. This sort of equality ig not a true, but a false equality.
False Equality sep De Ts uniform level of equality, then there will be no progress in the world, but mankind will degenerate. fore, when we talk rights of the peop! progress in the world, it i to secure equality for all in the exercise of government, because is artificial and not natural. The equality that men achieve is only an equality in government, the object of the revolution is to secure for all men an equal basis in. government, as illustrated in the! third diagram by the line at the bottom where you have an uniform equality. This is the true equality: this is the self-evident truth. rue Equality Jago. But progress in government jin China was very much earlier than in Europe, and that is the reason why more than 2,000 years ago China abolished the feudal system. Europe even up to the present tume, has mot been able to destroy feudalism entirely, but 200 or 300 years ago recognized the evils of inequality and gave birth to ideas; equality. China had these ideas! more than 2,000 years ago, therefore the progress in government in China is earlier than in Europe.
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