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Show J'ttoiiAin.v the moit ((ntiiil factor ! in MH-i.-it life is n nevtaiu iiichsiii'ii of j mutual coi.ti lcnce. It is developed to I n limited extcut in Sfivae life, and I prows with the prowth ol civiiizition I until in the hiliiict Ktte of society it is ! the very pormtr-fctono of men's relation 0:0) to tlie other. In the ordinary course of evi'iils this fuct is seldom noticed, y.tu transact business with each other, nlthougli tney may be strangers, rn the basis of cor.iidimre; paper moneys or promises to pay circulate cir-culate fi.rfrotn their place of it.su;, aid in illthfl RHairs of life men how that they tru-t each other in mass, thoi.tfh iih)ivii'1hI iiiiit l e viewed 'villi sua piei.;i or denied creJii. liultimore The condition set f orth in the foregoing furnishes c Idcnco of the most gratifying gratify-ing kind that the world is advancing' It docs uut reipiire more than a casuttl acquaiiitance with history to show the coutrast presented between the habits of tho men of 100 or '0U years ajo. in this respect, aud thoso thst cliatactcr-ie cliatactcr-ie tho world today. Credit was a factor that entered very little into the lifo of the masses two centuries back. It was confined to mercantile circles, and even there small trade.-meu had to I., well known in order to command com-mand it. Today, we flippantly taik about men being dishoucst, but our practice holies our words. Tho slightest a'jijuuintauce is Kuilicicut ground for credit in any store in the country, and the most important business transactions are consummated ou liio simple principle of mutiril coulidence. To be sure it is to men's iiitcrcat to comply with their obligations; but it has always beou so aud it cannot be denied that the conditions condi-tions now characterizing tho relations of men evidence nu advance iu the moral stamina of the race. |