Ofallthepointsofsocialadvance, inmycountryatleast, duringthelastgenerationnoneismoremarkedthanthechangeinthepositionofwomen, inrespectofrightsofproperty, ofeducation, , anditsdiffusionamongthosewhoselaborisaprimefactorinitscreation, wemightgrowsatedwiththejubilantmonotonyofitsfigures, ifwedidnottakegoodcaretoremember, intheexcellentwordsofthePresidentofHarvard, thatthosegains, liketheprosperousworkingofyourinstitutionsandtheprinciplesbywhichtheyaresustained, areinessencemoralcontributions, "beingprinciplesofreason, enterprise, courage, faith, andjustice, overpassion, selfishness, inertness, timidity, anddistrust." , allissafe.

Whenthisandthelikeissaid, , thisdiscontentitselfisatokenofprogress.

What, criestheskeptic, whathasbecomeofallthehopesofthetimewhenFrancestooduponthetopofgoldenhours? .

Liberalismissometimessuspectedofbeingcoldtothesenewhopes, , butyoumaybesurethatnochangeinnamewillextinguishtheseprinciplesofsocietywhicharerootedinthenatureofthings, , .

Ifyouseektherealmeaningofmostmoderndisparagementofpopularorparliamentarygovernment, itisnomorethanthis, thatnopoliticswillsufficeofthemselvestomakeanation'? Whosaysitwill? Butwemaydependuponitthatthesoulwillbebestkeptaliveinanationwherethereisthehighestproportionofthosewho, inthephraseofanoldworthyoftheseventeenthcentury, thinkitapartofaman'sreligiontoseetoitthathiscountrybewellgoverned.