..."Commerce is now what war once was," he asserted, "the principal source ... of contact." He added: "it may be said without exaggeration that the great...ideas, the institutions, and the character of the human race."82 These high-flown claims now penetrated the upper reaches of the state. The brilliant financier...

...for freedoms to keep growing. As John Stuart Mill observed: 'The great extent and rapid increase in international trade, in being the principal guarantee...ideas, the institutions, and the character of the human race.'1 Central to debate over the existence of a 'selfish gene' is the argument that people do not...

...by strengthening and multiplying the personal interests which act in natural opposition to it. And it may be said without exaggeration that the great...rapid increase of international trade, in being the principle guarantee of the peace of the world, is the great permanent security for the uninterrupted...

...By bringing people into peaceful contact with one another, it was eradicating warfare and becoming "the great permanent security for the uninterrupted...ideas, the institutions and the character of the human race."69 In Imperialism: A Study, Hobson, whether he was aware of it or not, was reasserting this classical...

...obsolete, by strengthening and multiplying the personal interests which are in natural opposition to it ... it may be said without exaggeration that the great...security for the uninterrupted progress . . . of the human race/7 Cobden was active in public life not only through his service in Parliament but in his...