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28 No Cause for Alarm. a common peril and a common responsibility. The purpose of the Committee of Fifty will be accomplished if the facts which they have collected and set forth may contribute in any degree to a more rational and comprehensive union of the forces in American life which make for sobriety, self- control, good citizenship, and social responsibility. I cannot share Prof. Peabody's alarm concerning the "menace to modern civilization through the abuse of alcoholic drinks" or the "realization of a common peril." I refer to what I said above, viz., that the abuse of alcoholic drinks has been for a long time growing less and continues to diminish owing to the general advance of the civilized nations along the lines of culture. The Committee of Fifty itself bears out this statement as applying even within the narrow limits of a few generations. Incomparably greater will the progress along this line appear if we look back centuries instead of generations. I believe much can be done by rational, sane treat- ment of the question, especially taking it, as I have tried to indicate, in connection with the general prob- lems of health and education, working for temperance in all things among adults, and bringing up children free from the inclination to excess, not requiring con- scious self-restraint To this should, of course, be