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Christianity, teaching the humane in religion; the Befor mation proclaiming the right of free thought; the struggle of the Netherlands for independence and the foundation of modern democracy; the English and American revolutions, aiming to achieve equal political rights for all men; the emancipation of the slaves during the past generation; every one of these mighty moral or political evolutions of mankind shook the framework of society to its foundation and success was only achieved amidst the ruins of former ideals and institutions, and after the shedding of a sea of blood.
To the student of history and careful observer of man kind signs are rapidly multiplying that the human race is again entering an era of fundamental social changes.
Shall it be an era of gradual progress which is to replace materialism with humanity, this being the new gospel that, at the dawn of the twentieth century, governs the thought of the philosopher?
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