Excerpt from Social Equilibrium and Other Problems Ethical and Religious The essays collected in this volume present in various aspects the one question, How shall the modern man so adapt himself to the new conditions of his life as to keep the faith, hope, and charity of the older time, while he yields himself to the revelations of science and enthusiasms of progress? There will be found in the Social essays no discussion of the Labor Question, of Socialism, Nihilism, or any of the burning questions which lie so near the sur face of society to - day, but rather an attempt to look calmly at the deeper causes of unrest and disturbance. No specific remedies for social disorders have been suggested, because the first thing society needs is a comprehension of the causes of the evils which afilict it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.