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 868 H. STANLEY EVONB Government, nor "capital" is consciously responsible. They are to some extent class seliish, but on the whole well meaning. The trouble is that their lmowledge and their outlook is mechanical--the Govern- ment officer believes that there must b one right method for each purpose, and he 'thinks in statistics. The great employer of labor thinks in output of coal or steel rails: of human nature, its perplexing varie- and it is ties, Yet and complex needs such persons industry who give he is completely ignorant. in authority in Government permanent concrete form to nearly all the newly created The most crying need of the persons educat d to commensurate with human their will be wrested control wealth of the country. times is to have such knowledge on responsibilities' from them by a scale otherwise those who suffer. To educate our future governors and capitalists in the requisite nowledge of their fellowmen we must so re-arrange our school and college courses hat the human studies of natural history, historical geography, of local arts and crafts, and so forth may be suitably combined with the necessary mechanical studies of the present curriculum, the tedium of which they will relieve by exhibiting numerous applications of their principles. Altruism, the second great force making for pro- gress, is fundamental in the teaching of Jesus Christ, and may be termed "brotherly love ". Iu sociology it is recognized as an important survival fctor for a tribe or race. When fully developed altruism leads to social consciousness and a poignant sense of social responsibility which spurs a man to action on behal! of his fellow men. Social reformers are thus actuated; and the problem of creating an altruistic motive force for progress turns upon initiating a propaganda in favor of service and a sense o! res- ponsibility for the happiness of others.