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struction of one or the other. The duration of this 

 conflict can be measured only by the elasticity of so- 

 ciety, and the power of endurance and patience of the 

 people. But in the final struggle that is sure to come 

 there can be little doubt of the result. That the con- 

 flict may be averted by wise measures there can be no 

 doubt. But our capitalistic leaders and shapers of 

 legislation are as blind and as stubborn as the Bour- 

 bons of France, and it is a grave question whether the 

 remedy that cured in some respects similar evils in 

 that country must not also be applied in this. 



