The above papers, purposely planned to stay close to concrete instance, in business history and to represent varying points of view, were intended to serve as taking-off points for further discussion. In lieu of that discussion, and without attempting to bring the papers to any definite conclusion, I am focusing what I have to say under five general headings. This is not to bring forth any deep philosophical questions, nor merely to repeat elementary principles of historical study; it is rather to suggest some questions or approaches drawn from the study of business history and stated or implied in the above papers that may be helpful in considering business as a part of the larger history of society.