TY - JOUR
AU - Smith, Richmond Mayo
AB - T is constantly happening in practical politics that a line of I conduct which at one time seems advisable and even neces- sary after a while lands the nation in such difficulties that it must in some way be changed. There is at first great difficulty in doing this. The old truth has been so firmly believed and so often and so positively affirmed that a feeling of shame prevents its flat repudiation. The first attack on it is made in an apolo- getic spirit and with the assertion, perhaps, that this is an exceptional case, and that the general rule still holds good. Possibly a direct breach is made in the old rule without any attempt at apology, it being considered better to ignore the connection between the present example and the previous cases. Gradually, however, necessity compels the more frequent infringe- ment of the old principle and finally its entire abandonment. The n it often happens that the former believers are the most violent in their attacks on the old belief, as new converts are proverbially the most zealous persecutors. The old principle is denounced in unmeasured terms and the contrary course is fa- natically followed without 
TI - Control of Immigration. I.
JF - Political Science Quarterly
DO - 10.2307/2138985
DA - 1888-03-15
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/control-of-immigration-i-dApZyPAG6R
SP - 46
EP - 77
VL - 3
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -