THE NEW ETHICS Before leaving the subject of these latter-day intellectual changes, a word must be said concerning the ethical questions involved.

Of course when a religious faith has been shaken to its foundation, it is natural to suppose that morals must have been simultaneously affected.

The relation of morals to literature is very intimate; and we must expect that any change of ideas in the direction of ethics would show themselves in literature.

The drama, poetry, romance, the novel, all these are reflections of moral emotion in especial, of the eternal struggle between good and evil, as well as of the temporary sentiments concerning right and wrong.

And every period of transition is necessarily accompanied by certain tendencies to disintegration.