Excerpt from Notes to the People, Vol. 1 IF the first volume of this publication in the hands of the reader, it is and necessary to accompany it with a few words. In starting and continuing these N otes, at a time of peculiar political and social apathy, I have, I believe I may safely assert, had more than Ordinary difficulties to contend against. They were started with a determination not to pander to the sensuality of the public by meretricious writing - not to degrade the literature of demo cracy to the level of the street-walker. Then they won't sell, it was said. It is good policy. To write thus, for you thus make democracy go down.' You must sugar the pill.

Not so, I answered. Democracy is so holy, that it must not be coupled with anything impure. Do not think you are helping democracy by so doing -you are injuring it indelibly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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