The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15
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Having thus traced the general
character OF his idea ~ conflict the
author devotes his next six chapters
To- an attempt To fit certain phases q;
European history into his theory. lie
traces the conflict from the rise ot
historical Europe To the coronation
az Charles the Great In the fourth
chapter. Another moves on To IN"
fan If the House II iIohcnstaufcn.
Then to the Peace Of Westphalia and
on to the French Revolution, up TO
the present Gay.
The conflict in the history ~ Eng
land receives an entire If short chhp-
ter to itself. EnGland CONS 70 the
writer no: to have undergone such
complete changes ~ the rest OF Eu-
rope. She has known. he says, ~"
such upheavals as the French licN'-
luton: even her part in tn" |''t"rinA-
tiun was comparatively placid n
orderly. Her history is less complex
than tina, If any other country in t.u-
rome. Many Of her institutions may ID"
traced back 10 the prri". AT "ll''l
the English entered the island. Her
government, with n brief ln'trIud"
of ,Xucrimcnt. has practically always
he.u "A limited monarchy. England,
although in the main n nation "t mai
y;dla!ists. has yet shared m the r"n-
I erol modern reaction towa'd universal
ism which has spread ovcr tn" CONT
nput ever since the FranCo-Prussian
war.
The concluding chapter on tn" tend
encles OF the day Is unpu"stI"nah'N
the most interesting chapter of all.
( allowing one Ia see as ii does TINS
formula applied TO events Immediately
before orr eyes. The chapter opens
with a rc]iteratIun of the formula,
History has been a record Of eternal
f conflict between the desire Ia he ruled
and the desire to rule This formula
covers for the author the entire field
Of human nature and all the recorded
events If history. If" he continues
"the fundamental charaot'r istics ul
human nature remain immNlah.r, II
may Ice expected, II * indeed ln'\.'
tallo. that this scricS of reactions wi
continue and that history will al
WAYS he a record OF this same c"r'
tict." The very security of th.S WIDE
I conclusion tends to ShaN" the r"ldrr''
fl!'h in tn" authors p~h!i"sopllri
snl!dity. for il there Is one lesson more
than another that has been nrou"h.
home to man lay Increasing kuuWl.
edge il is that after all We dare no
predict too much or know n Of 'h'
great facts Of futur, development to,
securely.
At the present moment. says Nr
, ,Iauc. externally the desire to TO- ru,r,
prevails rather than H." desire To- ru'.
In the second half of tn" uiuctocn'f
century individunlism reached "A Cul
minatiuG point. since iacn the ii"
sire to avoid war has been Abundant,
Illustrated. In the later WalS the IN.
lucncc Of neutrals has been ,mpioyo,
To limit the duration or scope # IN,
war, Ahsnlutism seems H. have Dis
appear,d. Russia now has hol
Durha and Turkey a species of Par
lament. Economic conditions hnyu
been regulated by the State. IN
growth of Socialism is an indication
of the strength of the desire to III
ruled, since II proposes To- rationale
the means of production, prupusiug &
make tho state supreme over tn
regulation of that which Is prrhap
the most vital part of nitionhl life j
every state.
II, therefore, he argucs human M
: turo remains constant in it's fundl
III, ntal characteristics, an individual
reaction both externally and inter
nally may he anticipated with con
hdencc, The tendencies of the proscn
day may be most accurately gaug"
from the condition of BINGHAM,
where, thinks Mr., Jane, the signs @
nm approaching and even OF an exist
#, ing individualist reaction are obvious