Tne Memop or Fumsos—By Walter Lippman, "Auien & Unwin, London.
Mr. "Lippmann's Godkin Lectures are here reproduced They explain the problems of modern government with clarity. and no little flexibility, of mind. Their topical appeal is, of course, in the light which they throw fon the modern tendencies to resort to dictatorships as escape from the problems of democracy. Mr. Lippmann.comes to the basic convietion that the State is the servant fand not the master of the people and 50. he challenges the fundamental position of Hitler, Mussolini and their imitators, His criticisms of the weaknesses which lead to the desperate return to autocracy are well worth study. They may fortify the castle of liberty against further as-
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