Progressive

At this point you renew your objection by saying that good temper, tolerance and sympathy are not enough to supplant a formidable creed such as Deism in one of its many supernatural forms, as a philosophy on which to write a serious story of human relationships. I would reply that really this is pretentiousness. Forster accepts as Mr. Orr's quotation showed) that belief in the supernatural is needful for the soul "beyond the stars" but is insufficient for life here and now. The thoroughly progressive liberalism which Forster himself believes in is a practical business and to me at any rate an entirely creditable notion to justify the situations, beliefs and actions of his characters.