Economic conditions were such that, given a fair start, they could scarcely avoid reaching a desirable goal.

But such is no longer the case.

Economic conditions have been profoundly modified, and American political and social problems have been modified with them.

The Promise of American life must depend less than it did upon the virgin wilderness and the Atlantic Ocean, for the virgin wilderness has disappeared, and the Atlantic Ocean has become merely a big channel.

The same results can no longer be achieved by the same easy methods.