But the ages in which ill-regulated passion exceeded--ages at least full of vitality and energy--gave place to a more anaemic society.

To-day the conditions are changed, even reversed.
Moral maxims that were wholesome in feudal days are deadly now.

We are in no danger of suffering from too much vitality, from too much energy in the explosive splendour of our social life.

We possess, moreover, knowledge in plenty and self-restraint in plenty, even in excess, however wrongly they may sometimes be applied.

It is passion, more passion and fuller, that we need.