Graham R (Ed.) - Anarchism - A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas Volume One - From Anarchy to Anarchism (300 CE to 1939)

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ing, counteracting the usual intriguers who take advantage of the good fa ith and sacrifices
of the proletariat to fo ster their own interests and political fo rtune ...
Anarchy does not claim to be the last word, but only a new, more enlightened,
more advanced and more human step along the ascending path of the endless future
...
For each herald that fa lls along the slopes of progress, hundreds arise, valiant
and confident, raising the standard and carrying it high and undaunted from trench
to trench, erecting it in triumph over the ruins of an old world condemned both by
reason and by history, a symbol of resurrection and of liberation.
All that is needed in this immutable task is to persist: to kindle in the minds of the
proletariat the flame of the idea: to kindle in tlleir hearts fa ith in liberty and injLlstice: to give
to tlleir anxioLlsly stretched OLlt arms a torch and an axe.
The purest and noblest exaltation of our ideal in the hearts of the people is a
constant and intrepid education; a cautious but vigorous preparation fo r the armed
insurrection.
"A program"
A purpose-perhaps only a condition. But with this condition: Anarchy will be!