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Massachusetts in her motto declares that " by the sword she seeks 

 peace," and, to use Richard T. Ely's words, " the Prince of Peace 

 proclaimed, ' Think not that I am come to send peace on earth; I 

 came not to send peace, but a sword ' ; and yet truly was he called 

 the Prince of Peace." Often is war the price of peace. And no 

 one, no class of men, deserve their freedom unless, when all other 

 means fail, they have the courage and energy to pay the price. 



Therefore, we will not be alarmed at struggles which in the end 

 will bring about a better condition of life for all. Rather let us try 

 to end those struggles by pushing bravely on toward the end man- 

 kind is striving for. We, with such a past as ours, must not be false 

 to the ideal which is our birthright; we should not be incapable of find- 

 ing the true way. If we will forget our merely partisan strife, our 

 petty jealousies, our class distinctions, and have only one aim, justice 

 for all, an equal chance for self-development for all, whether he be 

 born rich or poor, the ruling spirit of the next century will keep Amer- 

 ica still true to her high calling, and mankind still will find in her the 

 inspiration to raise the disheartened and lowly of other lands. The 

 truest patriotism is broad enough to help the unfortunate everywhere, 

 and with courage, intelligence, and a faith in true democracy we shall 

 not fail. 



THE BERING SEA CONTROVERSY ONCE MORE. 



BY PROF. T. C. MENDENHALL. 



MR. CLARK'S interesting and, on the whole, fair review of 

 my article on Expert Testimony in the Bering Sea Contro- 

 versy, printed in this journal in 1897, might be allowed to stand, 

 without comment, as the best possible vindication of the work of 

 the Bering Sea Commission of 1891-'92, and as strong corrobora- 

 tive evidence of the soundness of the position taken in the article 

 referred to. One or two quotations which he makes, however, are 

 placed in such relation to other parts of the paper as to imply mean- 

 ings which a reading of the article as a whole will show were never 

 intended. This is notably true of the description of the frame of 

 mind in which a scientific man should approach or conduct any inves- 

 tigation, which Mr. Clark quotes, and the further statement that, 

 unfortunately, he often fails to come up to the standard set, and 

 especially when his own interests are involved. 



It might easily be inferred that these remarks were meant to have 

 special application to the members of one or both Bering Sea com- 

 missions, while as a matter of fact they were a part of the general 

 introduction, occurring some time before any reference is made to 



