o believe that certain powers
of the Divine Reason display themselves in it at their highest."

Patriotism may indeed be but a larger form of selfishness, but it
is a larger form. It does involve devotion to others. As long as
men are men, it is so unlikely as almost to be impossible that
patriotism will ever be replaced by cosmopolitanism.

A great point in favour of the rule of democracy is its
character-building power.

It is customary in a certain class of society to abuse
trade-unionism. People talk of the tyranny of trade-unionism; it
would be as easy, perhaps more justifiable, to talk of the
tyranny of Capital. The trade union has its counterpart in what
are termed the "upper classes." For example, the British Medical
Association is nothing but a trade union under another name. The
trade union is an absolute necessity to the worker in modern
society.

_Laissez-faire_ has advantages up to a point; State control has
advantages up to a point. The most successful nation will be that
one which succeeds in making a judicious mixture of the two
systems.

The Englishman in his devil-may-care way does not trouble to
persecute or oppress; his tolerant spirit, aided by the splendid
devotion of a few great men, has, in the words of Seeley, built
up a glorious free Empire "in a fit of absence of mind."

You will never make the English people idealistic, but you will
never conquer them on that very account.

While the German talks and dreams of world-Empire, the Englishman
smiles, puts his pipe in his mouth and goes off to found it by
accident.

The modern system of diplomacy is as vile as anything can be.
Even in England it is the negation of popular government.

Man's duty to his neighbour ought to be observed as well as the
harsh and pitiless laws of trade and competition.

The social conditions of our industrial towns to-day are a
standing indictment of the _laissez-faire_ system.

The great warrior is no more important than the humble toiler.

Gladstone's finance was governed by the determination to spend as
little as possible. It does not seem to be so good as that of
Lloyd George, viz., to be prepared to spend a great deal provided
you are sure it is for the benefit of the people.

On a remark of Dr. Sarolea