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The Democratization Of Industry I, Earl Clement Davis May 2022

The Democratization Of Industry I, Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

There are two versions of this sermon. An earlier incomplete version, with a slightly different title, “Making Democracy Safe In America: Democratization of Industry,” was one of the sermons in the “Four Fasteners Bundle.” That sermon was substantially expanded and worked over into “The Democratization of Industry.” Both manuscripts and their transcriptions are provided here, with the latter being the primary document featured.

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Making Democracy Safe In America: Democratization Of America [Four Fasteners Bundle], Earl Clement Davis Jan 1918

Making Democracy Safe In America: Democratization Of America [Four Fasteners Bundle], Earl Clement Davis

Sermons, 1905-1919

In some cases, Earl Davis bound together manuscripts in bundles. This manuscript is part of one such bundle of seven, held together by four brass fasteners. Six of the seven can be dated to 1918.

This is an incomplete earlier draft of "The Democratization of Industry" (also located in this series). It is a sermon on the history of democratic government as it emerged out of feudalism, and its current conflict (meaning World War I) with the autocratic Industrial Empire. Davis sees this conflict as the defining conflict of the age. He states that one system -- political democracy or …