THE CRUCIBLE OF MODERN

THOUGHT

"And the word of the Lord came unto me. . . . Saying,

What seest thou?

And I said, I see a seething pot."

Jeremiah 1:13.

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1910

THE PROGRESS COMPANY

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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

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JUNE 23, 1922

Copyright 1910

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CHAPTER

CONTENTS

I. The Twentieth Century Melting Pot.....

II. Old Wine in New Bottles......

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VI. Stoics, Epicureans and Neo-Platonists.. 81