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Marriage Map of the United States. (See Divorce.)

This chart is based on the average annual number of marriages per 10,000 adult unmarried population in the various States and Territories.


Divorce Map of the United States. (See Divorce.)


This diagram is based on the average annual number of divorces per 100,000 married population in the various States and Territories.


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See Birth-rate in France.


DOCILITY, SPIRITUAL

An argument for man's spiritual docility ought easily to be seen in his ignorance. He is blind but presumptuous. Nature herself ought to teach him better. As one says:


Just as when the yellow fog broods over London, all the illuminations devised by man can not penetrate it; just as in the dark country road on the misty night, the brightest lamp is of no more avail than a farthing rush-light; so no argument of men can remove the mists which becloud the soul. We only do what we have to do in the physical world—wait till the sun comes back.


If man be so encompassed by igno-