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Germanic and Anglo-Saxon, have gained a material 

 advantage over other nations. This advantage is 

 the product of numerous factors, including physical 

 vigor, powers of reproduction, intellectual power, 

 and ideals of life. Although at present the suprem- 

 acy of these races is not threatened by other races, 

 the maintenance of this supremacy cannot safely be 

 viewed as a permanent asset of any group of nations. 

 The qualities that secure dominance to modern na- 

 tions have been somewhat modified by the condi- 

 tions of modern civilization, and there is every reason 

 to think that the modifying processes now in play 

 will long continue operative. Supremacy still de- ! 

 pends on the likelihood of waging war successfully 

 against rivals, but this element is no longer so promi- 

 nent as it was. Success in commerce, rather than 

 territorial or political gain, is now the goal of compet- 

 ing nations, and this type of success depends upon 

 industrial productiveness more than on warlike 

 qualities. The success of industry depends on scien- 

 tific knowledge, on ingenuity in applying this knowl- 

 edge, on assiduity and intelligence in technical work. 

 These are qualities that call for a different training 

 and different ideals from those of military life. 

 Factory life makes greater demands on physique 

 than life in the barracks, and when unregulated, is 

 capable of lowering the physical vitality of the 

 nation. Yet the conditions of factory life are in 

 general so controllable as to make the maintenance 

 of physical health possible, even where workmen are 



