There is nothing new under the sun, said Solomon the Wise. Man thinks that democracy is something which has been developed in the spirit of man, and which he had never known before. He thinks the democratic way is not only right, but new. But when we think deeply, we see that life is the same, the ideals are the same, nature's laws are the same in all ages. And therefore these two aspects, the spirit of dependence and of independence, have always existed and have always manifested in their time.