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more or less clearly in proportion as industrialism is more or 

 less developed. Glancing at those small groups of uncultured 

 people who, wholly unwarlike, display the industrial type in 

 its rudimentary form, we went on to compare the structures 

 of European nations at large in early days of chronic mili 

 tancy, with their structures in modern days characterized by 

 progressing industrialism ; and we saw the differences to be 

 of the kind implied. We next compared two of these 

 societies, France and England, which were once in kindred 

 states, but of which the one has had its industrial life much 

 more repressed by its militant life than the other ; and it 

 became manifest that the contrasts which, age after age, arose 

 between their institutions, were such as answer to the hypo 

 thesis. Lastly, limiting ourselves to England itself, and first 

 noting how recession from such traits of the industrial type 

 as had shown themselves, occurred during a long war-period, 

 we observed how, during the subsequent long period of peace 

 beginning in 1815, there were numerous and decided ap 

 proaches to that social structure which we concluded must 

 accompany developed industrialism. 



We then inquired what type of individual nature accom 

 panies the industrial type of society ; with the view of seeing 

 whether, from the character of the unit as well as from the 

 character of the aggregate, confirmation is to be derived. 

 Certain uncultured peoples whose lives are passed in peaceful 

 occupations, proved to be distinguished by independence, 

 resistance to coercion, honesty, truthfulness, forgivingness, 

 kindness. On contrasting the characters of our ancestors 

 during more warlike periods with our own characters, we see 

 that, with an increasing ratio of industrialism to militancy, 

 Lave come a growing independence, a less-marked loyalty, a 

 smaller faith in governments, and a more qualified patriotism ; 

 and while, by enterprising action, by diminished faith in 

 authority, by resistance to irresponsible power, there has been 

 shown a strengthening assertion of individuality, there has 

 accompanied it a growing respect for the individualities of 



