OURS IS THE AGE OF WORRY How insulting! What a ridiculous statement! How ignorant of our achievements! I can well imagine some of my readers saying when they see this chapter heading.

_This_, an age of worry! Why this is the age of progress, of advancement, of uplift, of the onward march of a great and wonderful civilization.
Is it?
Certainly it is! See what we have done in electricity, look at the telephone, telegraph, wireless and now the wireless telephone.

See our advancement in mechanics,--the automobile, the new locomotives, vessels, etc.

See our conquest of the air--dirigibles, aeroplanes, hydroplanes and the like.
Yes! I see, and what of it?
_We_ have done, _our_ advancement, _our_ conquest, etc., etc.

Yes! I see _we_ have not lessened _our_ arrogance, _our_ empty-headed pride, _our_ boasting.