career which has been held back by the slow unfolding of the moral nature. This development, once well under way, will result in a rapid reduction of pain, and a rapid increase of pleasure. This is even now true in the physical life of civilized nations, and will be still more true in their social life, when the grand transition is well made from the desires to the affections. This simple fact, that happiness is on the increase, should at once moderate criticism and check complaint. Delays seem long to us, and yet count for little in the large circuit of great things. In their slow passage they develop the patience, moderation, and strength which will be found absolutely essential for the use and enjoyment of those better times that are approaching.

(4) The hardships of the world are not too great for the purposes of man's discipline. That hardship must enter in as 'a condition of physical, intellectual, and moral training is evident. These hardships are the occasions of strength, sagacity, and virtue. They nerve the body, quicken the thought, and develop the affections. Not only does the good soldier endure hardness, his fine quality is the fruit of that hardness. That the severity of these incentives is not greater than the interests of man call for is plain. (a) The temperate zone, the zone of average difficulties, has proved to be the zone most favorable for civilization. A greater luxury of climate and tilth provokes indolence. (b) The children of the wealthy are often and manifestly injured by their advantages. The wisdom of their parents is lost upon them. (c) Civilization has most frequently