MODERN LIFE

AS SOUGHT FOR AND INTERPRETED IN A SERIES
OF LECTURES AND ADDRESSES BY THE LEADERS
OF MODERN THOUGHT AND MODERN ACTION :::

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN ARRANGED IN
SEQUENCE, AND EDITED WITH FORE-
WORD, INTRODUCTIONS AND NOTES BY

CHARLES F. HORNE, PH.D.

Professor in the College of the City of New York

ISSUED UNDER

THE AUSPICES

OF

THE NATIONAL ALUMNI

CONTENTS OF VOLUME

LECTURE

I. THE OUTLOOK

The Trend of the Century

SETH LOW, LL.D.,

Former President of Columbia University.

II. THE DANGER

Problems To Be Met

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, LL.D.,

President of the United States.

III. THE BELIEFS

Religion, Science, and Miracle

SIR OLIVER LODGE, LL.D.,

President University of Birmingham, England.

IV. THE SUCCESSES

Five American Contributions to Civilization

CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D.,

President of Harvard University.

V. THE BEGINNINGS

The Man of the Past

E. KAY ROBINSON.

VI. THE ORIGIN OF LIFE

Its Chemical Creation by Science

JOHN BUTLER BURKE, M.A.,

Cambridge University.

VII. THE BIRTH OF CONSCIENCE

Morality of Nature

PRINCE PETER ALEXIEVITCH KROPOTKIN.

VIII. THE SOUL IN BEASTS

Growth of Modern Idea of Animals

COUNTESS E. MARTINENGO CESARESCO.

LECTURE

IX. THE FAILURE OF EVOLUTION

Evolution and Marriage

ALFRED R. WALLACE, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.

X. THE LATEST KNOWLEDGE

Scientific Investigation and Progress

IRA REMSEN, LL.D.,

President of Johns Hopkins University.

XI. OUR COUNTRY

The Making of the Nation

WOODROW WILSON, LL.D.,

President of Princeton University.

XII. PATRIOTISM AND POLITICS

The Duties of Good Citizenship

HIS EMINENCE JAMES, CARDINAL GIBBONS.

XVI. ART AND MORALITY

Their Essential Union for Culture

FERDINAND BRUNETIÈRE, LL.D.,

Ex-President of L'Académie Française.

XVII. WOMAN

Marriage Customs and Their Moral Value

ELIZABETH DIACK,

WILLIAM S. LILLY, M.A., J.P.,

Secretary of the Catholic Society of Great Britain.

LECTURE

XVIII. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

The Essential Equality of Man and Woman

FRANCES COBBE,

WILLIAM K. HILL.

XIX. SOCIETY

The Role of Women in Society

LADY MARY PONSONBY.

XX. THE CHILD

The Beginnings of the Mind

H. G. WELLS, B.Sc.

XXI. LIFE'S INTERCOURSE

Language as the Interpreter of Life

BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, LL.D.,

President of the University of California.

XXII. THE BOY

His Preparation for Manhood

DANIEL COIT GILMAN, LL.D.,

Former President of Johns Hopkins University

and of the Carnegie Institution.

XXIII. HOW TO THINK

EDWARD EVERETT HALE, LL.D.,

Chaplain of the United State. Senate.

XXIV. THE GIRL

The Thing To Do

WHITELAW REID, LL.D.,

Chancellor of the University of the State of New

York; Ambassador to England.

XXV. MANHOOD

Selection of One's Life-Work

E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, LL.D.,

President of the University of Nebraska.

XXVI. THE COLLEGE GRADUATE

The College Man in Business

CHARLES F. THWING, LL.D.,

President of Western Reserve University.