No rite or incantation has been performed to charm the marvelous dump to die of civilization and cause it to dump to die root and grow to such lofty proportions in an unprepared soil. In contrast to the defective views outlined above, one need not hesitate to believe that the actual process by which Old Japan has been transformed into New Japan is perfectly natural and necessary. It is rather a development from within, based upon already existing ideas and institutions. New Japan is the consequence of her old endowment and her new environment.