sumers of these bad articles,
quite as baneful as the _entrepreneurs_ who employ them.

"The only good institutions are those that do good work; the only good work
done is that which produces good results, whether they be direct, as the
plough-man's, or navvy's, or sailor's; or indirect, as the policeman, or
the schoolmaster, or the teacher of good art, or the writer of books that
are worth reading. A man is no better or wiser than others by reason of his
position or lack of position, but by reason of his stronger body, wiser
head, better skill, greater endurance, keener courage."[89]

There it is. Democracy needs for its counsellors, legislators and
ministers, strength, wisdom, skill, endurance and courage, and must get
these qualities in whomsoever they are to be found. Democracy can afford
the widest range of choice in the election of popular representatives, or
it will never reach its full stature.

In the choice of its representatives, a democracy will do well to elect
those who know the life of the working people, and who share its toils;
just as it will do well to shun the mere talker, and to seek out for itself
candidates for election rather than have candidates thrust upon its
attention by some caucus in London. But the main thing is that it should
first discern men and women of ability and of character and then elect them
for its representatives, rejecting those, it may be of more dazzling
qualities, who are unstable in mind and consumed with vanity. It would be
well if the elected representative were always an inhabitant of the county
or the borough, known to his neighbours, and of tested worth. True, the
prophet is often without honour in his own country, and a constituency acts
wisely in electing a representative of national repute. But to search for a
man of wealth who will subsidise every club and charitable institution in
the constituency, and to rejoice when such a candidate is procured from
some political headquarters, is a wretched proceeding in a democratic
state. The member who buys a constituency by his gifts will always feel
entitled to sell his constituents should occasion arise.

Again, the delegate theory of representation can be a danger to democracy.

A Parliamentary representative is something better than a mechanical
contrivance for registering the opinions of electors on certain subjects.
Otherwise all Parliamentary debate is a mockery. A representative he is of
the majority of electors