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Title: Liberalism

Author: L. T. Hobhouse

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THE HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE

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LIBERALISM

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_EDITORS OF_

THE HOME UNIVERSITY LIBRARY OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE

PROFESSOR GILBERT MURRAY, O.M., LL.D., F.B.A.

PROFESSOR G. N. CLARK, LL.D., F.B.A.

SIR HENRY TIZARD, K.C.B., F.R.S.

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LIBERALISM

_By_

L. T. HOBHOUSE

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON NEW YORK TORONTO

_First published in 1911, and reprinted in 1919, 1923, 1927, 1929,
1934, 1942 and 1944_

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I BEFORE LIBERALISM 7

II THE ELEMENTS OF LIBERALISM
1. Civil Liberty. 2. Fiscal
Liberty. 3. Personal Liberty.
4. Social Liberty. 5. Economic
Liberty. 6. Domestic Liberty.
7. Local, Racial, and National
Liberty. 8. International
Liberty. 9. Political Liberty
and Popular Sovereignty 21

III THE MOVEMENT OF THEORY 50

IV 'LAISSEZ-FAIRE' 78

V GLADSTONE AND MILL 102

VI THE HEART OF LIBERALISM 116

VII THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL 138

VIII ECONOMIC LIBERALISM 167

IX THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM 214

BIBLIOGRAPHY 252

INDEX 253

LIBERALISM

CHAPTER I

BEFORE LIBERALISM

The modern State is the distinctive product of a unique civilization.
But it is a product which is still in the making, and a part of the
process is a struggle between new and old principles of social order. To
understand the new, which is our main purpose, we must first cast a
glance at the old. We must understand