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 Criticises Chesterton, Belloc, (11)

 And Sir Thomas More, (12)

 And deals with the London Traffic Problem as a Socialist should. (13)

 He doubts the existence of Sociology, (14)

 Discusses Divorce, (15)

 Schoolmasters, (16)

 Motherhood, (17)

 Doctors, (18)

 And Specialisation; (19)

 Questions if there is a People, (20)

 And diagnoses the Political Disease of our Times. (21)

 He then speculates upon the future of the American Population, (22)

 Considers a possible set-back to civilisation, (23)

 The Ideal Citizen, (24)

 The still undeveloped possibilities of Science, (25),and—in the broadest spirit—

 The Human Adventure. (26)

SOCIAL FORCES IN ENGLAND AND AMERICA

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(July, 1909)

The telephone bell rings with the petulant persistence that marks a trunk call, and I go in from some ineffectual gymnastics on the lawn to deal with the irruption. There is the usual trouble in connecting up, minute voices in Folkestone and Dover and London call to one another and are submerged by buzzings and throbbings. Then in elfin tones the real message comes through: “Blériot has crossed the Channel.... An article... about what it means.”