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That is a question practically important to us all, since these periods of conscious change are also, in one way or other, times of serious combat, and each of us, if he does not look to it and learn to understand what is going on, may find himself fighting on the wrong side, the side with which he really does not sympathize. THAT IS A QUESTION PRACTICALLY IMPORTANT TO US ALL SINCE THESE PERIODS OF CONSCIOUS CHANGE ARE ALSO IN ONE WAY OR OTHER TIMES OF SERIOUS COMBAT AND EACH OF US IF HE DOES NOT LOOK TO IT AND LEARN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON MAY FIND HIMSELF FIGHTING ON THE WRONG SIDE THE SIDE WITH WHICH HE REALLY DOES NOT SYMPATHIZE
 accepted under protest until some means can be found to alter them. The old and dying order, once silent and all-powerful, tries to express itself violently, and becomes at once noisy and weak. The nascent order once too weak to be conscious of need of expression, or capable of it if it were, becomes conscious now and finds a voice. The silent sap of the years is being laid aside for open assault; the men are gathering under arms in the trenches, and the forlorn hope is ready, no longer trifling with little solacements of the time of weary waiting, but looking forward to mere death or the joy of victory. Now I think, and some who read this will agree with me, that we are now living in one of these times of conscious change; we not only are, but we also feel ourselves to be living between the old and the new; we are expecting something to happen, as the phrase goes: at such times it behoves us to understand what is the old which is dying, what is the new which is coming into existence? OF CHANGE AND ARE ONLY ACCEPTED UNDER PROTEST UNTIL SOME MEANS CAN BE FOUND TO ALTER THEM THE OLD AND DYING ORDER ONCE SILENT AND ALL POWERFUL TRIES TO EXPRESS ITSELF VIOLENTLY AND BECOMES AT ONCE NOISY AND WEAK THE NECESSANT ORDER ONCE TOO WEAK TO BE CONSCIOUS OF NEED OF EXPRESSION OR CAPABLE OF IT IF IT WERE BECOMES CONSCIOUS NOW AND FINDS A VOICE THE SILENT SAP OF THE YEARS IS BEING LAID ASIDE FOR OPEN ASSAULT THE MEN ARE GATHERING UNDER ARMS IN THE TRENCHES AND THE FORLORN HOPE IS READY NO LONGER TRIFLING WITH LITTLE SOLACEMENTS OF THE TIME OF WEARY WAITING BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO MERE DEATH OR THE JOY OF VICTORY NOW I THINK AND SOME WHO READ THIS WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT WE ARE NOW LIVING IN ONE OF THESE TIMES OF CONSCIOUS CHANGE WE NOT ONLY ARE BUT WE ALSO FEEL OURSELVES TO BE LIVING BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW WE ARE EXPECTING SOMETHING TO HAPPEN AS THE PHRASE GOES AT SUCH TIMES IT PROPOSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE OLD WHICH IS DYING WHAT IS THE NEW WHICH IS COMING INTO EXISTENCE
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