real person, the man in the There isin he mind of that, very better understanding of the problems which confront Europe than has existed within the memory of the writer. It may be that self-interest thas brought this about, but there is Jo very real public opinion developed concerning foreign affairs, and no matter ow much or how wile one may disagree with the individual there is not the slightest doubt that his opinion is nowadays reinforced by a knowledge of facts, even if the Judgment based thereon does not always appear to be the correct one.
Such ebullitions of youth as the various resolutions passed by callow students to the effect that they would was possible to secure some sort of order in a frantic kaleidoscope, Thus 25 years after the writer lett England, @ very young man, with youth's memories of his homeland, it {Is possible to "make a comparison, and though it Is but natural to have Some sort of hankering after the ood old days, which were generally 450 bad, that comparison leaves one with the judgment that England and London have improved out of recog nition, Such a judgment is not all food. "There are many shadows in the picture upon the highlights of Which It Is so easy to dwell and the Bravest of these Is to be found in the fact that there has been no appredable change in the slipshod habit of thinking which has charaeterized the Briton for centuries past.
At the risk of strenuous contradic tion it is suggested that the development of a logic based upon false Premises is an indication of slackness of thinking, because It constitu. "tes following the path of easiest ealstance, and T find that the Briton for some two decades has been allowing himself to adopt that comfortable but very risky process.
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