It is unique, colossal. Other
revolutions compare with it as asteroids compare with the sun. It is
alone of its kind, the first world-revolution in a world whose
history is replete with revolutions. And not only this, for it is
the first organized movement of men to become a world movement,
limited only by the limits of the planet.
This revolution is unlike all other revolutions in many respects. It
is not sporadic. It is not a flame of popular discontent, arising in
a day and dying down in a day. It is older than the present
generation. It has a history and traditions, and a martyr-roll only
less extensive possibly than the martyr-roll of Christianity. It has
also a literature a myriad times more imposing, scientific, and
scholarly than the literature of any previous revolution.
They call themselves "comrades," these men, comrades in the socialist
revolution. Nor is the word empty and meaningless, coined of mere
lip service. It knits men together as brothers, as men should be
knit together who stand shoulder to shoulder under the red banner of
revolt.
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25