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centers and along the open road； are found to be slack in respect
of their national spirit。 So； at least； it is said by those who
are interested to know。
It is not that these and their like are ready with 〃a
satisfactory constructive program；〃 such as the people of the
uplift require to be shown before they will believe that things
are due to change。 It is something of the simpler and cruder
sort； such as history is full of； to the effect that whenever and
so far as the time…worn rules no longer fit the new material
circumstances they presently fail to carry conviction as they
once did。 Such wear and tear of institutions is unavoidable where
circumstances change； and it is through the altered personal
equation of those elements of the population which are most
directly exposed to the changing circumstances that the wear and
tear of institutions may be expected to take effect。 To these
untidy creatures of the New Order common honesty appears to mean
vaguely something else； perhaps something more exacting； than
what was 〃nominated in the bond〃 at the time when the free
bargain and self…help were written into the moral constitution of
Christendom by the handicraft industry and the petty trade。 And
why should it not？
The End