ABSTRACT
Since the modern suicide tendency is ultimately the product of increasing irreligiosity, the malady can only be completely healed if the irreligiosity and its accompanying "half-ness" are arrested. Perhaps the reader further expects a detailed guide for a therapeutic of the suicide tendency. It may be objected that our central rule is too general, that in practice one needs more particular statements appropriate to individual cases. A morbid suicide tendency ruled; men were dissatisfied and unhappy; yearning for a redeemer was widespread. Many find in art, especially certain styles, a substitute for religion, and so believe art will rescue modern society. The number of suicides fluctuates from year to year, and the statistical evidence, in accordance with the workings of secondary causes, does not show any terrible "constancy." Like every disease, the modern suicide tendency can also be cured by insightful effort.
