“The old way anyway――the old way right or wrong” has been the world’s biggest stumbling block. Every innovation must fight for its life. Every good thing has to be condemned in its day and generation. It is Huxley who suggests three stages for the course of a new idea: First, it is revolutionary; second, it will make little difference; third, _I have always believed in it_. On the other hand, the new way anyway; “we must have a change whether or no”; “we must have something different despite the cost,” have ever been the slogans of waste and destitution. The wars which have not resulted from the prejudice of ultra conservatism have been brought about through the thoughtlessness of ultra radicalism. The revolutionist, the freak and the anarchist, products of impulse and the spirit of discontent, spring from an unwise love of change. The world needs conservatism and radicalism not so much as it needs _rationalism_. It needs men who can hold to the _good of the old_ and adopt the _best of the new_; men who neither “rust out” nor “waste out”; but _wear out_. That rational progress may obtain, there must be a perfect dovetailing of the old with the new. Man must leave the beaten path not altogether, but at times. He needs to blaze out a _new_ way not so much as he needs to straighten the bends, tunnel through the mountains, and fill in the swamps of the _old_ way. _A rational “liberalism” implies a willingness to follow the old path with a view to improving the imperfections thereof._ =9. A RATIONALIZATION OF THE ATTITUDE TOWARD WORK.= On the assumption that true happiness is the ultimate aim of life, we may conclude that anything which does not contribute to this end functions as a curse and not as a blessing. Happiness involves physical comfort and mental joy. To have comfort of the body implies moderate means. The poor cannot be happy because of bodily want. When “physical-man” is not given proper nourishment for healthy growth, then does he _goad_ “spiritual-man” with the pricks of appetite and pain till his wants are appeased. This is a law of nature. On the other hand happiness is not attained through acquisition; neither the millionaires, nor the scholars, nor the famous are the happiest. This is a fact apparent to all. Over worry and over excitement follow closely the heels of much money and high position. Too little brings unhappiness through want; too much brings unhappiness through worry. Therefore man is _cursed by his work_ when the remuneration is not enough for comfort of body, or when the income is too much for poise of mind.