EMERSON
164 to our will,
it
stands thus
:
there will always be a
government of force where men are
when they are pure enough force, they will be wise
selfish;
and
to abjure the code of
enough
to see
how
the
public ends of the post-office, of the highway, of
commerce, and the exchange of property, of mu seums, libraries, institutions of art and science can be
answered."
Emerson would agree with
the philosophical
anarchist in saying that a society
possible in
is
which men and women can regulate
their affairs
without the consciousness of any coercive govern
mental force.
He would
But when
to strive after such a free society.
came
to the practical question as to
this ideal, they
archist
would
how
would part company.
say,
"Let
we ought
agree also that
to attain
The an
us abolish government,
and then we
shall
each one of
whom will be a law unto himself."
have a community of individuals
Emerson would
You
it
say,
"I
can not follow you.
put the cart before the horse.
You have