March 1909

In This Issue
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Articles
The Delusion of Militarism
“Was it a form of national lunacy, this frenzied outpouring of national treasure for the engines of destruction? Was it an hallucination, this feverish conviction that only by guns can a nation’s dignity be symbolized, and her place in the world’s life and action be honorably maintained?”
The Heart of the Race Problem
“The problem, How to maintain the institution of chattel slavery, ceased to be at Appomattox; the problem, How to maintain the social, industrial, and civic inferiority of the descendants of chattel slaves, succeeded it, and is the race problem of the South at the present time. There is no other.”
The Private Soldier
Physical Science of to-Day
The Hotel
The Industrial Dilemma: Ii: The Railroads and Education
Cavour and Bismarck
The Ladder
The Diary of Gideon Welles: Ii
A Time Withdrawn
On the Water Front
The Disorganization of the Book-Trade
Desert Asia
Society
A Day With Professor Child
A Defense of Dogberry
The Tyranny of Facts
My Architectural Friends
These Are My Troubles, Mr. Wesley
