Volume VIII of the series. In 1916 Professor Henry Wilkes Wright, of

Lake Forest College, delivered the next course of lectures on "Faith Justified by Progress." These lectures are embodied in Volume IX. In 1921, the Reverend John P. Peters, Ph.D., of Sewanee, Tennessee, delivered a course of lectures on "Spade and Bible." These lectures are embodied in Volume X. The present volume is comprised of lectures delivered November 3 to 6, 1921, before Lake Forest College, on the occasion of the inauguration of the President.

HERBERT McCOMB MOORE, _President of Lake Forest University_.

LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Mr. Frank Vanderlip has expressed the same view in his _What Next in Europe_: "The prerequisite for that is a change of spirit, and I believe we can do a great deal to allay the suspicions, the hatreds and the selfishness of European people. We can help them see the necessity for unity; help them apprehend the terrible cost of selfishness. They must understand that the reconstruction of Europe is a comprehensive task. Only united effort, and a recognition that the welfare of individual nations can be achieved through general international good-will, can accomplish it. We could largely aid in developing such a spirit.

Our first duty, as Mazaryk said, is to understand!"

[2] Published in _Scribner's Magazine_.

[3] A few facts should be kept in mind: (_a_) Some Japanese writers as well as foreigners claim that Japan is not at all overpopulated now, considering that she is becoming an industrial nation. Japan proper has 394 inhabitants to the square mile; England and Wales, 618; Belgium, 665; Netherlands, 534; Italy, 332; Germany, 325. (_b_) Japan has urged claims on Shantung of which the density of population is 525 to the square mile. Of course she has not desired to settle that country, only to control and manage its mines, railroads, ports, commerce--and this would give practically political control. (_c_) Certain writers claim that the Japanese soil is not now properly cultivated to produce the best results agriculturally. Large preserves are held out of cultivation in crown lands, as was done earlier in Great Britain and Germany. The people are expert in rice culture and wish to eat rice. They might use to excellent advantage much other land than they do, land entirely suitable for other food production, though not for rice.

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TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:

Punctuation has been standardised.

Italic text has been denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs=.

Characters in small caps have been replaced by all caps.

Non-Latin characters have been given an English transliteration: 'oe' ligature --> oe

This book was written in a period when many words in the text had not become standardized in their spelling or hyphenation. These have been left unchanged while obvious typographical mistakes have been repaired. Other changes are noted below:

Pg 89 - 'Plummer' replaced with 'Plumber' (hired as the Plumber professor) Pg 102 - 'benevelence' replaced with 'benevolence' (governed by benevolence)