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vidual cliaracter, but upon a third condition, 

 namely, a clear iinderstanding of the conditions of 

 social life, on the part of both the capitalist and 

 the operative, and their agreement upon common 

 principles of social action. They must learn that 

 social phcrnoniena are as much the expression of 

 natural laws as any others; that no social arrange- 

 ments can be permanent unless they harmonise 

 with the requirements of social statics and dynam- 

 ics; and that, in the nature of things, there is an 

 arbiter whose decisions execute themselves. 



But this knowledge is only to be obtained by 

 the application of the methods of investigation 

 adopted in physical researches to the investigation 

 of the pha?nomena of society. Hence, I confess, I 

 should like to see one addition made to the excel- 

 lent scheme of education propounded for the Col- 

 lege, in the shape of provision for the teaching of 

 Sociology. For though we are all agreed that 

 party politics are to have no place in the instruc- 

 tion of the College; yet in this country, practically 

 governed as it is now by universal suffrage, every 

 man who does his duty must exercise political 

 functions. And, if the evils which are inseparable 

 from the good of political liberty are to be checked, 

 if the perpetual oscillation of nations between 

 anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the 

 steady march of self-restraining freedom; it will 

 be because men will gradually bring thumselves to 

 deal with political, as they now deal with scientific 



