ABSTRACT
A Condition of order at the junction of crowded city thoroughfares implies primarily an absence of collisions between men or vehicles that interfere one with another. Order cannot be said to prevail among people going in the same direction at the same pace, because there is no interference. The denser the traffic that is handled without confusion at a busy corner, the higher is the grade of order. Likewise, the more that the smooth running of social machinery implies the frequent breaking off or turning aside of individual activities, the more perfect is the social order. The severest test of the regime of order occurs when, as in war or government, individuals are incited to a common effort, the benefits of which are shared in common. In an aggressive race order is perpetually endangered by the unruliness of the individual, and can be maintained through unremitting operation of social forces. Social order presents a problem for solution.
