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 OBJEOT$ OF DE VEL OPMENT 8 ho furnishing o! ho sohooh he art craftsman is taboo; ho teaching of drawing is mechanical, no artistic sense being inculcated. The ideal population will see ha all hoso who have ho opporuni,y o! obtaining wealth will know how to use i to hoir own and oghor people's sdvsngsgo. horoforo, will ho people of ho and happier, pose. But and he wonderful progress is limitation of / greatly increased eoonom/o productivity. In manifold ways, future be healthier more efficient for every good pur- necessary foundation of all such population and TMs is not. the place further to discuss the con- trol of population. My present purpose is to indicate that economic development proceeding from an ordered plan of public works and government measures is the necessary economic basis of progress to s state of higher culture and happiness; and that the develop- ment measures themselves should their cultural effects always in view direoily economic effects. From one point be planned with as well as their of view economic activities may be regarded as superficial, for they merely provide the material means of subsistsnee and enjoyment of life, whilst the full culture of the art of life requires much else besides. Yet s truer view sees all the activities of life interwoven with one another, and finds possibilities of cultural elements even in the oommonest and humblest sots of daily life. The ideal indigenous oivilizstion more fully probsbly in any age, with (}roeco, influence people ancient The of Japan realized this than that of any other the possible exception o! of the beautiful is always towards emotional elevation and spiritual refinement. Artistic beauty is thus s great agent o! culture and el pro- gress towirds, tmle lmppiness. The beneficial influence of s beautiful environment, Whether natural or artificial,