Project Gutenberg 2021-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 109 Chapman, John Jay 1862 1933 00001581 Practical Agitation $aUnited States :$bCharles Scribner's Sons,$c1900. Election time -- Between elections -- The masses -- Literature -- Principles -- Conclusion. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Practical Agitation" by John Jay Chapman is a political treatise written in the early 20th century. The book discusses themes of political reform and the philosophy of civic engagement, emphasizing the importance of personal integrity and the active participation of citizens in the political process as a means to combat societal corruption. The opening of "Practical Agitation" outlines Chapman's vision of political activism as a conduit for promoting selflessness and truth in governance. Chapman introduces the role of the agitator, who strives to harness governmental mechanisms to uplift societal morals and eliminate systemic corruption. He reflects on historical changes in political attitudes, revealing a shift toward greater civic responsibility, while delineating his critique of both political parties as embodiments of a machine that perpetuates dishonesty. Through a series of compelling observations about the nature of reform and the necessity of truth-telling, Chapman establishes a foundation for understanding the relationship between personal integrity and the broader political landscape, setting the stage for the explorations that will follow in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20210510013056chapman 1900 US Reading ease score: 72.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en United States -- Politics and government Political ethics Politics, Practical -- United States JK Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 233796 2025-06-26T09:18:20.454646 text/html 210510 2024-10-18T16:50:16 text/html 311854 2025-06-26T09:18:24.258656 application/epub+zip 310236 2025-06-26T09:18:21.233669 application/epub+zip 175084 2025-06-26T09:18:20.839646 application/epub+zip 368019 2025-06-26T09:18:26.781620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345808 2025-06-26T09:18:23.880644 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 210721 2022-09-29T22:13:39.364181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212357 2025-06-26T09:18:20.069685 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 192414 2024-10-18T16:50:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16815 2025-06-26T09:18:26.912618 application/rdf+xml 13221 2025-06-26T09:18:20.931650 image/jpeg 2178 2025-06-26T09:18:20.885655 image/jpeg 343071 2025-06-26T09:18:20.476683 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia