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da? 38. What is the relation between institutions and the mores? 39. What is the nature of social control exerted by the institution? 40. What is the relation of mores to common law and statute law? 41. "Under the free Anglo-Saxon government, no king could ever make a law, but could only declare what the law was." Discuss the significance of this fact. 42. In what different ways does religion control the behavior of the individual and of the group? 43. Is religion a conservative or a progressive factor in society? FOOTNOTES: [250] Chap. i, pp. 46-47. [251] Robert E. Park and Herbert A. Miller, _Old World Traits Transplanted_, pp. 1-2. (New York, 1921.) [252] Ernst Grosse, _The Beginnings of Art_, pp. 228-29. (New York, 1897.) [253] See A. L. Lowell, _Public Opinion and Popular Government_, pp. 12-13. (New York, 1913.) [254] _The American Party System_, chap. viii. (New York, 1922.) [In press.] [255] "On the afternoon of July 13, Bismarck, Roon, and Moltke were seated together in the Chancellor's Room at Berlin. They were depressed and moody; for Prince Leopold's renunciation had been trumpeted in Paris as a humiliation for Prussia. They were afraid, too, that King William's conciliatory temper might lead him to make further concessions, and that the careful preparations of Prussia for the inevitable war with France might be wasted, and a unique opportunity lost. A telegram arrived. It was from the king at Ems, and described his interview that morning with the French ambassador. The king had met Benedetti's request for the guarantee required by a firm but courteous refusal; and when the ambassador had sought to renew the interview, he had sent a polite message through his aide-de-camp informing him that the subject must be considered closed. In conclusion, Bismarck was authorized to publish the message if he saw fit. The Chancellor at once saw his opportunity. In the royal despatch, though the main incidents were clear enough, there was still a note of doubt, of hesitancy, which suggested a possibility of further negotiation. The excision of a few lines would alter, not indeed the general sense, but certainly the whole tone of the message. Bismarck, turning to Moltke, asked him if he were ready for a sudden risk of war; and on his answering in the affirmative, took a blue pencil and drew it quickly through several parts of the telegram. Without the alteration or addition of a single word, th
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