The guiding force back of public will, now as ever, is of course human nature itself in its more enduring characteristics, those which find expression in primary groups and are little affected by institutional changes. This nature, familiar yet inscrutable, is apparently in a position to work itself out more adequately than at any time in the past. FOOTNOTES: [177] This line of thought is developed by Professor E. A. Ross in his book, Sin and Society. [178] The New Basis of Civilization, 61. INDEX Abbott, Lyman, 187. Achilles, 110. Addams, Jane, 25, 137, 190, 191, 244, 350, 385. Agreement, not essential to public opinion, 122. Alphabet, 417. Amenomori, 331. Anarchism, 196; in the church, 374. Anarchy and spoliation, fear of, 276. Anderson, W. L., 83. Ann Arbor, school carnival in, 408. Architecture, as communication, 79, 172; disorganization in, 390 ff. Aristocracy, hereditary, 210, 257, 282 f. Army, German, 324; American, 325. Art, visible society a work of, 21; collective judgments on, 125; in relation to democracy, 157 ff.; spirit of, 244 f., 321; disorganization in, 390 ff. Arts, non-verbal, as communication, 77 ff. Assemblage, public, 109. Athletic sports, 163, 199. Attenuation of sentiment, 178. Augustine, 374. Austen, Jane, 102. Autocratic control of industry, 262 ff. Average-theory of group action, 123 ff. Bacon, Francis, 76, 318. Bagehot, W., 178. Baring-Gould, 325. Biological type, the, 315 f. Birth-rate, decline of, 358 ff. Blame, 15 ff., 201 ff. Bourget, Paul, 160, 171. Brooks, John G., 45. Brotherhood, sentiment of, 189 ff. Browne, Sir T., 70, 153. Brownell, W. C., 161, 166, 321, 332 ff. Bryce, James, 85, 136, 182, 276, 280, 369, 381. Buck, Winifred, 43. Burckhardt, 354. Burke, 330. Burne-Jones, 168. Burroughs, John, 93. Camp-fire, Assembly around, 109 f. Carlyle, 167, 323. Carnegie, A., views of on wealth, 281. Capitalist class, ascendency of, 256 ff. Caste, 209 ff. Change, social, in relation to caste, 217, 225, 231. Check-book, in social reform, 415 f. Chicago, 212; recreation centres in, 408. Child, the, his relation to the world, 315 ff. Children, development of social consciousness in, 7 ff., 72; reforms in the interest of, 318 f.; “spoiled,” 358 ff. China, lack of communication in, 86. Chinese, 186, 198. Chivalry, 224. Choice, excessive, 172; versus mechanism, 323; spirit of, 359 ff., 365 ff. Christianity, 52, 73, 136, 166, 203 ff., 253, 304, 373 ff. Church, the, 204, 322, 342, 347, 370; disorganization in, 372 ff. City life, 94, 178 f., 409. Class animosity, 301 ff. Class atmosphere, 272. Class-consciousness, 240 ff., 275, 284 ff., 305. Class struggle, the, 241, 277, 286.