ABSTRACT
P e r h a p s the most searching test of any book which sets out to condemn the home life and character of another people is to examine how far the author has been able to discern the vital spiritual forces that are at work beneath the surface of society. For these are always the main factor in the cleansing process that purges away old abuses. Every country needs this cleansing: Great Britain and America have many crying evils still unremedied. The sovereign test is to examine how far the new forces have been able to break through the old routine and perform their purifying work. Wherever that has been made possible a national awakening has already begun.
