PREFACE
Sometwenty-oneyearsagoIheardthefirstgreatAnarchistspeaker——theinimitableJohnMost。Itseemedtomethen，andformanyyearsafter，thatthespokenwordhurledforthamongthemasseswithsuchwonderfuleloquence，suchenthusiasmandfire，couldneverbeerasedfromthehumanmindandsoul。HowcouldanyoneofallthemultitudeswhoflockedtoMost’smeetingsescapehispropheticvoice！
Surelytheyhadbuttohearhimtothrowofftheiroldbeliefs，andseethetruthandbeautyofAnarchism！
MyonegreatlongingthenwastobeabletospeakwiththetongueofJohnMost，——thatI，too，mightthusreachthemasses。Oh，forthenaivetyofYouth’senthusiasm！Itisthetimewhenthehardestthingseemsbutchild’splay。Itistheonlyperiodinlifeworthwhile。
Alas！Thisperiodisbutofshortduration。LikeSpring，theSTURM