highly developed, and the multipli-
cation of the police has not materi-
ally reduced the tragic possibilities
of life. There is more accurate and
more extensive knowledge of envi-
ronment than ever before in the his-
tory of the race, but temperament,
impulse, and passion remain as pow-
erful as they were in primitive men;
and tragedy finds its materials in
temperament, impulse, and passion,
much more frequently than in objec-
tive conditions and circumstances.

The soul of man has passed
through a great education, and has
immensely profited by it; but its
elemental qualities and forces remain
unchanged. Two things men have
always craved, -- to come to close
quarters with life, and to do some-
thing positive and substantial. Self-@
expression is the prime need of human

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