6 The Illumination of Joseph Keeler, Esq. 



problem quite within the range of his work; while the more he 

 dwelt upon it the less certain he was that he had up to this time 

 been doing all his duty to the University of the Province, which 

 supplied him with a secured position, and which institution 

 existed and was supported for the very purpose of giving scholars 

 like himself opportunities for tracing existing sociological and 

 economic conditions to their first causes, and perhaps indicating 

 wherein mistakes had been made and how remedies might be 

 applied. 



The professor at length rose up to say, Goodnight! and 

 thanked Mr. Keeler again for the quite new train of thought and 

 study opened up and promised to meet him soon again. 



