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would seem that in this century society is passing through such a season ; and amid the decay of old authorities, reverences, and illusions in the critical atmosphere of our time many look for the roof and walls of the social order to come crashing upon our heads. But if my analysis be true, the case is not so bad as that. We must face the task of repair, but there grows good timber to replace the worm-eaten joists.

EDWARD ALSWORTH Ross. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, California.