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tive measure of punishment for crime ; symbols of 

 violence in judicial process, etc. 



IV. Examples of Continuity, Differentiation, and De- 

 cay. 



1. The English lord lieutenant and the petty con- 

 stable. 



2. Six ages in the history of the township. 



3. Differentiation of the English courts and councils 

 from the Curia Regis. 



V. Biological and Institutional Problem* Compared. 



1. The difficulty, often, in reaching satisfactory con- 

 clusions on the most important questions. 



2. Compare: (a) The theory of the Patriarchal fam- 

 ily vs. that of the Horde, as the embryo of social or- 

 ganism ; with (b) the theories of Lamarck and Darwin 

 vs. that of Weismann, as to the transmission of ac- 

 quired traits. 



