however，toucheswiderandwidercirclesofthepopulation，andtouchestheminanincreasinglyintimateandcoercivemanner。Inthenatureofthecase，therefore，theresistanceopposedtothisculturaltrendgivenbythemachinedisciplineongroundsofreceivedconventionsweakenswiththepassageoftime。Thespreadofmaterialistic，matter-of-factpreconceptionstakesplaceatacumulativelyacceleratingrate，exceptinsofarassomeotherculturalfactor，alientothemachinediscipline，comesintoinhibititsspreadandkeepitsdisintegratinginfluencewithinbounds。
Theperfectedsystemofbusinessprinciplesrestsonthehistoricalbasisoffreeinstitutions，andsopresumesaprotractedhistoricalgrowthoftheseinstitutions；butahighlyefficient，thoughlessperfect，businesssystemwasworkedoutinarelativelyshorttimebytheSouthandCentralEuropeanpeoplesinearlymoderntimesonthebasisofalessconsummatesystemofrights-Cf。Ehrenberg，ZeitalterderFugger；Sombart，Kapitalismus，vol。
Cf。Keane，Man，PastandPresent，ch。XIV；W。Z。Ripley，RacesofEurope；Lapouge，L’Aryen；Montelius，LestempsprehistoriquesenBubde，etc。；AndreasHansen，MenneskesloegtensAelde。
If，e。g。，hetakestomythmakingandpersonifiesthemachineortheprocessandimputesandbenevolencetothemechanicalapplications，afterthemannerofcurrentnurserytalesandpulpitoratory，heissuretogowrong。
Suchexpressionsas“goodandill，““meritanddemerit，““lawandorder，“whenappliedtotechnologicalfactsortotheoutcomeofmaterialseience，areevidentlyonlymetaphoricalexpressions，borrowedfromolderusageandserviceableonlyasfiguresofspeech。