CONTENTS

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PART ONE
What is Progress?[3]
PART TWO
ANCIENT HISTORY AND THE MODERN WORLD
CHAPTER
I.Ancient Social Systems and Contemporary America[21]
II.Quantity and Quality[40]
III.Woman and Home[60]
IV.The Lesson of the Fall of the Roman Empire[77]
V.Ups and Downs[97]
PART THREE
EUROPE AND AMERICA
I.The American Definition of Progress[115]
II.Facts and Motives in the Modern World[139]
III.More or Better?[161]
IV.The Lost Paradise of Beauty[182]
V.Beyond Every Limit[201]
VI.The Riddle of America[223]
PART FOUR
POLITICS AND JUSTICE IN ANCIENT ROME
I.The Trial of Verres[251]
II.The Trial of Clodius[275]
III.The Trial of Piso[299]
PART FIVE
The Limit of Sport[331]