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would have lasted ; that moral development alone will 

 not suffice, or Judaea had been permanent ; that physi- 

 cal development will not serve, or Sparta would stand 

 to-day. Some day there will arise a nation that will 

 see to it that every intellectual advance is accom- 

 panied by an equivalent moral and physical advance. 

 When this time comes we shall have a race which 

 can survive. Are we to be that race? The sins of 

 man are generally the dregs of his brute ancestry. 

 Bestiality of life was once common enough to at- 

 tract no attention. Kings and nobles were not sup- 

 posed to be clean so long as they confined their bestial 

 relations to those below them in rank. Gradually 

 men are becoming ashamed of uncleanness in life. 

 Some day there will be no difference so far as purity 

 of life is concerned, between the two who present 

 themselves at the altar asking the blessing of God 

 on their union. 



If anyone doubts that English speaking people 

 are becoming cleaner of life he needs only to consult 

 the literature of the past. No one dreams of find- 

 ing fault with Chaucer because his stories related in 

 the company of men and women often would not 

 bear such telling to-day. Shakespeare, with all his 

 wonderful genius, needs expurgating if one would 

 read him aloud comfortably to a mixed audience. 

 And these are the shining stars. When we drop 



