“Win right or wrong” is a nut shell statement of modern sophistry. Corollaries to this are such aphorisms as “Of two evils choose the lesser”; “Do evil that good may come,” etc. Armed with these platitudes the modern business and political octopus will play the bully and squeeze the life out of the little fellow in the name of economy; will pay for editorials to elect the “right man”; will evade bad laws so-called; institute lobbies; buy votes; and perpetrate a thousand other immoral deeds in the name of “good business” or of “party loyalty.” Half truths are the most atrocious of all kinds of fallacies in that they are the most misleading. “Do evil that good may come” is but half of the whole truth “Do evil that good may come, _provided there is no other way open_.” Again, “Of two evils choose the lesser, _if a complete enumeration has shown that there is not a third course_.” A development of a finer ability of discernment under right influence should lead the common citizen to see _through_ these various sophistries practiced by corporate greed, and should enable him by means of the ballot to “blaze a better way.” The “public is a blunderbuss” because the average man either cannot, or will not, think his own thoughts. By developing greater skill and arousing greater interest in the _thinking process_, the crowd of camp followers will be reduced; selfish bossism will die; and a truer and more efficient democracy will reign supreme. =8. THE RATIONALIZATION OF THE SPIRIT OF PROGRESS.= Genuine progress comes through a happy combination of the old with the new. A love for the old only, means _ultra conservatism_; whereas a love for the new only, means _ultra radicalism_; a love for both means _rational liberalism_. That people love the old way may be attributed to two forces which will receive attention here. (1) Race instinct.