Ai AL 



MO another ag? of barbarism mor, 



former one, and to give to the 

 s a *ecur* economic foundation for future progn 

 t, tht*e .h<>'.M constitute the element* of a sound col 

 p<! f we restrict ->ur efforts to those things which we clearly 



Mi bt- accomplished, to the maintenance of peace, the pro- 

 f hen't 1 ' he creation of adequate means of communication, 

 industrial development; if we set our.faee firmly 

 UIKI exhaustive exploitation in all its forms, we may 

 working-out of the colonial problem with the same 

 < place in the mechanism of a complicated electrical 

 t in order to obtain such results patience is most needful, 

 ion ' ;mnot be transferred as a whole. To deal with intel- 

 itual matters directly involves such difficult psycho- 

 < moderations, such incalculable contingencies, that in an 

 develop a constructive colonial policy, it seems wiser to 



{e jt)HPtyibpiM^ 



of results and i. somewhat, safer calculation of effects can 

 Photogrvur from a Wntfng by -fflf^-M^fflnis the range of 



Hawthorne's pen pictures of the superstitions respecting witches that cul- 

 minated in Salem, Mass., two centuries ago, have been used by MacEwen to 

 objectively impress those of the present age with the savage folly that dis- 

 tinguished some of our ancestors. In the painting as reproduced, a handsome 

 young woman is about to become the victim of a jealous rival, through 

 accusations of alliance with Satanic powers. Some thus falsely charged were 

 burned, so that to fall under suspicion brought terror to victim and friends, 

 a situation which Mr. MacEwen has chosen to make the subject of his 

 famous picture. 



exam t h freely followed, ihus the primitive Qer- 



V cboae their Roman neighbors as models for their 



'';.'= ..i <>f her free will imitating our institutions 



-w .>!*- recognizes in them a certain superiority. 



i !.* < f MriicM! uud conduct which wiH'be gladly and 



iitt-J by other races, the Western nations may, 



\er! a i.oworful civilizing influence. 



fi.se for the colonial legislator not to attempt 



.nuch, not to have too ambitious a programme. But if rightly 



eronomic reforms \vhich it. is in his power to effect with 



like the massive architecture of a cathedral erypt, in 



;i- MII C'hfico which will answer larger purposes than those 



rnic V"iiar; and progress. 



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