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President Eliot will deliver the ninth of the series of lectures given this year on "The Social Problem and its Remedies," in New Lecture Hall, this afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. His subject will be "The Collectivist's Remedy...
President Eliot will deliver the ninth of the series of lectures given this year on "The Social Problem and its Remedies," in New Lecture Hall, Friday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock. His subject will be "The Collectivist's Remedy." This lecture will be open to the public...
...laws is of importance. The argument based on the nature of man has changed from its earlier form of reliance upon innate ideas to a highly metaphysical attempt to present God as the necessary implication of knowledge, considered as knowledge. But both great lines of argument meet the problem of evil which neither has succeeded in solving. Natural theology may prove divine intelligence but so far it has not proved benevolence...
...problem is solved in the experience of those who, knowing the sorrow of the world, find it beautiful nevertheless, and even entertain towards it the sentiments usually considered religious. In the feelings which we have towards nature, of awe, trust, and comradeship, and toward one another in the world of humanity, this is a real natural religion, extra-confessional and extra-ecclesiastical, which is the most note-worthy factor in the religious world today and calls for interpretation. Natural theology finds God as the ultimate meaning and implication of this natural religion...
...should be remembered that the problem of combination is one that is born of the last century, along with new inventions, and the use of steam and electricity. The fact that modern industry requires so much more capital than formerly eliminates in itself a certain amount of competition. Although there are perfectly justifiable advantages which come from the combination of certain industries before the monopoly stage is reached, the advantages enjoyed by the monopoly in controlling prices and in crowding out small competitors are evils which, although not strictly in violation of present laws, are nevertheless evils which future laws...