Jeremiah Whipple Jenks

“ It is not enough to consider things as they are: we must also, in considering man as he is in a civilized state, see what ought to be in government, in order that man may readily work toward his own welfare, and thus toward the advancement of civilization. As is to be expected from one who says that his " general view of politics was originally derived from the writings of Bentham and J. S. Mill," and who has in good part rested upon Bentham in his conclusions, while the point of view is ethical, it is distinctively utilitarian. ”

“ The great body of our voters, even of our most intelligent citizens who are to a considerable extent students of politics, read, in the main, what things have been done and are doing in politics. They get their ideas of what ought to be done, only with reference to specific measures. ”

“ One rarely finds a book on political questions that shows the same sanity of judgment as does this, or one whose author, following the deductive method, keeps so prominently in mind the limitations that must be placed upon the application of his conclusions. One might wish often, in reading the book, that more had been given with reference to political forms and methods and ideas in different states, but the limits of the book would not permit more ”