"This work was planned, and the opening chapters were written, in the earlier months of the year 1914, when the outbreak of a great war was only a remote contingency. Since then, and more especially during the last twelve months, the subject here discussed - namely, the nature and the limits of the power of pure democracy - has acquired day by day a more immediate importance. Indeed, all practical controversies may be said now to turn on it..." William Hurrell Mallock was a prominent British philosopher who was known for his books on atheism and socialism as well. He was also the author of...