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FREEDOM IN SERVICE

SIX ESSAYS ON MATTERS CONCERNING BRITAIN'S SAFETY AND GOOD GOVERNMENT

M.A., LL.D.

CONTENTS PREFACE

FREEDOM IN SERVICE

I THE ANCIENT DEFENCE OF ENGLAND[1]

I. UNIVERSAL OBLIGATION TO SERVE FOOTNOTES: II. THE OLD ENGLISH MILITIA FOOTNOTE: III. MEDIÆVAL REGULATIONS FOOTNOTES: IV. TUDOR AND STUART DEVELOPMENTS FOOTNOTES: V. THE LAST TWO CENTURIES FOOTNOTES: VI. CONCLUSION

II COMPULSORY SERVICE AND LIBERTY

I. THE PLEA OF FREEDOM II. THE TERM "LIBERTY" FOOTNOTES: III. LIBERTY AS FREEDOM FROM FOREIGN CONTROL FOOTNOTE: IV. LIBERTY AS SYNONYMOUS WITH RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT FOOTNOTE: V. LIBERTY AS ABSENCE OF RESTRAINT FOOTNOTES: VI. LIBERTY AS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SERVICE FOOTNOTES:

III THE VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLE

I. THE IDEA OF VOLUNTARISM II. ITS ESTABLISHMENT III. THE RESULT IV. THE PRESENT SITUATION FOOTNOTES: V. THE FUTURE

IV PASSIVE RESISTANCE

I. THE NEW PERIL FOOTNOTE: II. PASSIVE RESISTANCE AS REBELLION FOOTNOTE: III. THE RIGHT OF REBELLION IV. REBELLION AGAINST A DEMOCRACY FOOTNOTE: V. THE DUTY OF THE STATE FOOTNOTE:

V CHRISTIANITY AND WAR

I. A CONFLICT OF CONVICTIONS II. THE RELIGION OF THE BIBLE III. THE DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE OF THE CHURCH FOOTNOTE: IV. FORCE AS A MORAL INSTRUMENT V. THE IDEAL OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT VI. THE PACIFICIST SUCCESSION FOOTNOTE: VII. CONCLUSION

VI THE STATE AND ITS RIVALS

I. THE IDEA OF THE STATE IN ENGLAND II. THE RIVALS OF THE STATE FOOTNOTES: III. WHAT THE STATE IS AND DOES FOOTNOTES: IV. THE SPHERE OF NATIONAL SERVICE FOOTNOTE:

ADVERTISEMENTS BOOKS ON THE ORIGINS & PROGRESS OF THE WAR

JOHN MURRAY, LONDON, W.