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Includes bibliographies. ; The idea of progress, by F. S. Marvin.--Progress in prehistoric times, by R. R. Marett.--Progress and Hellenism, by F. M. Stawell.--Progress in the Middle Ages, by A. J. Carlyle.--Progress in religion, by F. von Hügel.--Moral progress, by L. P. Jacks.--Government, by A. E. Zimmern.--Industry, by A. E. Zimmern.--Art, by A. C. Brock.--Science, by F. S. Marvin.--Philosophy, by J. A. Smith.--Progress as an ideal of action, by J. A. Smith. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"The following essays are the substance of a course of lectures delivered at a summer school at the Woodbrooke settlement, near Birmingham, in August 1915."--Pref. ; "Books for reference" at end of chapters. ; Introductory: The grounds of unity, by F. S. Marvin.--Unity in prehistoric times, by J. L. Myres.--The contribution of Greece and Rome, by J. A. Smith.--Unity in the middle ages, by E. Barker.--Unity and diversity in law, by W. M. Geldart.--The common elements in European literature and art, by the Rev. Dr. A. J. Carlyle.--Science and philosophy as unifying forces, by L. T. Hobhouse.--The unity of western education, by J. W. Headlam.--Commerce and finance as international forces, by H. Withers.--International industrial legislation, by Constance Smith.--Common ideals of social reform, by C. D. Burns.--The political bases of a world-state, by J. A. Hobson.--Religion as a unifying influence in western civilization, by H. G. Wood.--The growth of humanity, by F. S. Marvin. ; Mode of access: Internet.