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acter, but upon a third condition, namely, a clear 

 understanding of the conditions of social life, on 

 the part of both the capitalist and the operative, 

 and their agreement upon common principles of 

 social action. They must learn that social phe- 

 nomena are as much the expression of natural laws 

 as any others ; that no social arrangements can be 

 permanent unless they harmonise with the require- 

 ments of social statics and dynamics ; and that, in 

 the nature of things, there is an arbiter whose 

 decisions execute themselves. 



But this knowledge is only to be obtained by the 

 application of the methods of investigation adopted 

 in physical researches to the investigation of the 

 phenomena of society. Hence, I confess, I should 

 like to see one addition made to the excellent 

 scheme of education propounded for the College, 

 in the shape of provision for the teaching of 

 Sociology. For though we are all agreed that 

 party politics are to have no place in the instruc- 

 tion of the College ; yet in this country, practically 

 governed as it is now by universal suffrage, every 

 man who does his duty must exercise political 

 functions. And, if the evils which are inseparable 

 from the good of political liberty are to be checked, 

 if the perpetual oscillation of nations between 

 anarchy and despotism is to be replaced by the 

 steady march of self-restraining freedom ; it will 

 be because men will gradually bring themselves to 

 deal with political, as they now deal with scientific 



