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quaint, ancient-history ring have these and 

 other utterances of the Great Progressive 

 West ! Nous autres we of an older civili- 

 zation are, then, as those who have been 

 running over a hill and have arrived at the 

 foot again. 



As for the discrepancy existing between 

 the moral standards of the Far East and of 

 the Far West, that is too burning a question 

 to enter upon here. That such discrepancy, 

 however, does exist, the Far Easterner 

 realizes by slow but painful degrees. If his 

 ideas concerning certain subjects partake too 

 much of the ' tenderfoot ' order, this is his 

 misfortune, not his fault. 



Go where we will east, west, north, or 

 south read, mark, learn, and inwardly 

 digest all that a great, diversified, and pro- 

 foundly interesting people sets before the 

 stranger within its gates, the conclusion is 

 invariably the same : This is a law-abiding 

 people, influenced nevertheless largely by its 

 emotions. More than this ; to quote a well- 

 known Eastern journal, the organ of the 

 cultured elect : ' Our system of law is ex- 

 ceptionally lenient to persons charged with 



