204 RACE 



of aesthetic feeling, a clearer perception of the 

 chains by which logic leads us to true or, it 

 may be, to false conclusions, a finer lucidity of 

 expression ; but we should lose the industrious 

 spadework which is disputing with Nature the 

 conformation of the earth, and is establishing 

 conditions of comfort and cleanliness, not only for 

 a privileged few, but for the masses of the people. 



