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proper places. To members of his own family he owes 

 a debt beyond all ; for without their patient assistance 

 the book could not have been written. 



This volume is put forth at a time of strife, when 

 men's thoughts are full of the toils and struggle of war. 

 It may be well at such an epoch to be reminded of what 

 our fathers were thinking and doing in times of strain 

 and battle and loss, albeit on a lesser scale than ours. 

 And we may perhaps gain some help in meeting the 

 problems of our day, the age-long questions that beset 

 the lot of humanity : how to control evil in the world, 

 how to ensure justice, and the nature and the limits of 

 the law of love. 



36 DEVONSHIRE PLACE, 



LONDON, W. i, 



1918. 



