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no those who have once.
absorbed the philosophy
of Prnupit,u Mr. Swim,

4 BROWNING. 10 those VINO nave once
Swlnburnc absorbed the philosoptv
Compared. of Browning. Mr.. Swim
burne offers the next
step upward. Browning assured us.
| with every aspect of+full conviction.
that there should never be one lost
good: - that "evil is null. is naught. Is
silence implying sound RI that what
was good shall be good, withsfo evil
SO much good more ION earth the
| broken arcs. in heaven the perfect
round. y Since 1t was impossible to
close the eyes to the imperfections of
| this life. Browning accented evil as
a finite Instrumentation lust our hu-
man. limited way of seeing the frag-
ment instead of the whole: and the
number of struggling and stumbling
beings whom he set on their feet BY
his wide, courageous outlook. by his
staunch promises Of future COM!
pletion, by his hearty explanation
that all the Joy Of growth and prog-t
ress depended on mans reach eX-
ceeding his grasp must never be UNI
der-estimated or forgotten Mr.. Swim
burnes Offering was a different one,
His poetic deliverance was far more
spontaneous. more inspired. more
perfect than Browning's: and. once
the little matter of Brownings ELI
sions mastered. Mr.. SWinburne was
frequently more difficult to follow
owing to the wealth of imagery and
the magnlticence of verbal felicities in
which his thought went clothed
North American Review.
Future Universal evaporation Is
National the future ideal. The world
Ideal. is full OF conditions and ac-s
tivities in which nations are
not seIf-sufficing. in which we In
stinctively look beyond the boundaries
of the national state. The nation that
would be independent in isolation Will
condemn itself to be Venezuela. Will
cut itself and its citizens off from the
advantages of civilization to which all
human beings are entitled BY real
izing it's 5independence with the other
civilized nations OF the world. twill
strengthen itself us does the individ-
ual who plunges with full energy into
the life OF his community, being slim
faculties developed. The great fact
that the world is a unit rests upon
the underlying conditions of modern
invention and science which the die
.tunl of no national government can
destroy International co-operation
points out the only way in which hu-s
manitY may continue to develop With
out wasting its energy and ultimately
falling prey to triumphant ntlitar-
ism,t Between such alternatives. 1t Is
not difficult to choose. but it is indeed
almost Impossible to believe that man
kind should be SO perversa and mis-,
guided as to nrefer the waste and
suffering of military com n, 70
tho ioy OF normal activitH---the de-
yelopnent or all that Is great and md
strong through international co-oper-i,
alton. On the one hand lies barbar-
ism. on the other the hone, of GO, con- n
tinued sprogress.-Paul s. Reinsch IN
the July Forum.
.J,no,,esc 1t was admitted by some
Criticism, of the leading men OF
0r America. Japan with whom the |
/ writer conyersed on re-
cent visit to that country, that there
is both n theoretical and a practical
side to the japanese question In Amer
lea The theoretical side depends FOR
its solution upon the wisdom OF states J