The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-29

cs,nc IL Its RsJations 60 Social Progress.
.sy arthur Cleveland EalL IN D.e Eel
low IN Sociology, Columbia. From
che Columbia University Press. The
Macri,lon Company. New York.
After studying this important book
carefully It seems TO me that there IS
very little to be said concerning It that
IS not best expressed in the introduc-
zion By Professor franklin H Gidd.nss.
OF Columbia University. ana bL tue
eashor In his preface
..Our theories OF crime" sayp Adr. CID
dfngs. '.and our conception OF tho crimi-
nal have undergone profound nnodlnca-
ton since our notions OF mainland were
1 transformed by the researches OF Or.
Darwin. Crime ss still thought OF by
+ the uneducated as merely oaacA ki,o
tof w1ckedness and by lawyers as mercy
| a punishable act. But scientific students
I =, mind and society have learned that
, ,r,cked and punishable acts are corre-
lated with anthropological ana pnysl-
ological facts and with social ana nus.
hsnricai conditions, that are deserving ..
Investigation. The criminal Is sun
thourht Of by q majority Of iaw-abidlng
persons an an ''evildoer. VINO .ns ue
iiberately because he "ltkes TO- VIZ e,l.o
deserves tho vengeance OF MAI ~ "a 80 e..
present world and the wrath OF Sfoo ~
. world TO come. But to the soienun-
ca,,y trained mind the criminal ls a
CHARACTER who should be examined win
;.,oinstaldnE care and by precise fnetlous'
t+o determine how Tar he as Responsive.
n5o nav be an atavistc variant A'oi,
i,,or,naI Ynanlind. end devoid OF noiai
;.seuse q dangerous creature, 49,
strained as q wild beast might pe' W.
not to be punished by reuona1 ueia us.
isIs nav be a weak or passionate PEI
.on mt evil in disposition. but hapie
.so GO wrong under stress OF te1np.au ~
~ excitement. Or, finally, ne may W
,,otf,inr less than a proleasloila1
nan who has gone into crime as q piou,
.,Ia business exactly as he misnt nase
rona into politics OF promoting. fio-
lessor Giddings then goes on " tad
rsbe proprtety of visiting oisci a.Aaaa,.e
rounishment upon such various 49,. of
professor Hall, In his preface says 80, y.
az. s,nnr, ..The first few pages OF l'.,s
s,oo1. seem very pessialistic but ~. :; 49,.
s,sa a,Ithor,s view is q broadly op.ln.s.ls
-. C.rnyine moro so with the p.o5.SS
=. NC @,,nrk. which offers. 20 those W.
800 nm answer to this strange eh'sn ns,
Wv revealing the social gooo wiz nv
,,xlthtn tho growing mass o. - iI,o. -.;t,,
.-ninda Of many men are 1ilieu " ,s,a,,.a
fears and forebodings becau 's,s
sing weight of evil, the 1rui.
% Wv higher clv1,ization; Tor they ian
y. " t,.ca within the gloom these sllo,.s
. ~ worlsine out social betterInent us
- az this very increase Oh ci1'ne
,rbi,h they so deplore. -, -.
..I1,,man good and human esii ~
,.nr.sided-not fixed and unchanslns,
Int largely relative-and compounuc ter ~
o..cr.yarying proportions the one = WIN ,,,lt
the other. Often, very often, evli IS a pue
, ny out Of its proper time and place.
.rh,ngs must be looked at IN the,r hisso..e
s,,ting if we would rightly Vaiue ,nelh'
,onl,, by :, very wide, impersonai pieM,
n lang perspective-in which tho '''oifio,
nal and his immediate needs are mefseu
su the continued welfare OF the hulh'ln
-acc can we see as through q glass
s;arkly.' the vast outlines OF eternai eoou,
can we grow into that high-heafteo anu
cran1ly reasonable hope that
."rhere shall never be but one LOST gooo!
What was, shall live as before;
The evil is null, is naught, Is silence
implying sound;
What was good shall be good. with. Tor
evil, SO much good more;
On the earth the broken arcs; IN the
heaven, a. perfect round
-iBrowningl-Abt. Volger.
And It is this theory that the author
has worried out In his bod