Coming then to the details of our subject, we shall consider the names and duties of the principal officials in the United States; first, those of the township, county, and city, then those of the state, and then those of the federal government.

Finally, we shall examine certain operations in the American system, such as a trial in court, and nominations for office, and conclude with an outline of international relations, and a summary of the commonest laws of business and property.

—­Clark:  The Government.

2. +Zooelogy and its Divisions.+—­What things we do know about the dog, however, and about its relatives, and what things others know can be classified into several groups; namely, things or facts about what a dog does or its behavior, things about the make-up of its body, things about its growth and development, things about the kind of dog it is and the kinds of relatives it has, and things about its relations to the outer world and its special fitness for life.

All that is known of these different kinds of facts about the dog constitutes our knowledge of the dog and its life.  All that is known by scientific men and others of these different kinds of facts about all the 500,000 or more kinds of living animals, constitutes our knowledge of animals and is the science zooelogy.  Names have been given to these different groups of facts about animals.  The facts about the bodily make-up or structure of animals constitute that part of zooelogy called animal anatomy or morphology; the facts about the things animals do, or the functions of animals, compose animal physiology; the facts about the development of animals from young to adult condition are the facts of animal development; the knowledge of the different kinds of animals and their relationships to each other is called systematic zooelogy or animal classification; and finally the knowledge of the relations of animals to their external surroundings, including the inorganic world, plants and other animals, is called animal ecology.

Any study of animals and their life, that is, of zooelogy, may include all or any of these parts of zooelogy.

—­Kellogg:  Elementary Zooelogy.

3.  Are not these outlines of American destiny in the near-by future rational?  In these papers an attempt has been made:—­

First, to picture the physical situation and equipment of the American in the modern world.

Second, to outline the large and fundamental elements of American character, which are:—­

  (a) Conservatism—­moderation, thoughtfulness, and poise.
  (b) Thoroughness—­conscientious performance, to the minutest detail,
        of any work which we as individuals or people may have in hand.
  (c) Justice—­that spirit which weighs with the scales of righteousness
        our conduct toward each other and our conduct as a nation