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the fundamental principles of righteousness with 

 faith in the real man the invisible man who 

 dwells within and governs the visible, clay-made 

 man. 



Five great problems were left by the Master for 

 us to work out and fundamental principles were 

 laid down by which they might be solved. The 

 first is Religious Liberty. If the present be com- 

 pared with the not distant past it will be seen that 

 this is nearly attained and will soon be completely 

 solved by its own momentum. The second, Civil 

 Liberty, has made long strides toward the final end 

 when men and women shall have full expression 

 under laws made by themselves. It is just seven 

 hundred years since twenty-four brave English 

 Barons demanded and secured a share in the gov- 

 ernment of their Kingdom. It has been a long, 

 hard struggle for the degree of liberty now pos- 

 sessed in our own country where twenty-four mil- 

 lion Americans have the right to vote and a share 

 in making the laws under which they live. From 

 the Red School House on the four corners to the 

 White House where the Head Master dwells the 

 problem of individual liberty is well-nigh solved. 



A late part of this greater problem is the Liber- 

 ation of Woman from her social and servile bond- 

 age. For weary ages women have been the slaves 



