BY R. HAMLYN-HARKIS. 7 



to train ? We have learned that it would be impossible 

 to transform a typical Englishman into a typical German 

 or Turk. We have seen cases of Englishmen being con- 

 verted into Teutons at any rate in sentiment, and we all 

 know of instances which prove that certain Germans make 

 good Australians, but it would be futile to dream of a world 

 dominated by the broad views of thinking Enghshraen 

 and dangerous even if it were possible for us all to be 

 re- moulded according to Germanic ideas. 



The national mind even in the old country is under- 

 going changes. We see now that military effort alone 

 would never win a great war : that as a nation we have 

 failed to understand one of the secrets of power. It is 

 also plain that the Germans for all their systems and 

 organisations also miscalculated certain characteristics 

 of the British mind. It is for us, with such lessons before 

 us, at once and on sure ground to prepare the way for the 

 triumphal progress of our own particular branch of the 

 British raxjc. 



No physical characters of adults and sch<jol children 

 are available, and it is a mocking fallacy to beUeve that 

 progress can at any time come out of a sea of resolutions. 

 No problem stands alone : each sends its ramifications 

 in all directions. No systematic study is made of the 

 criminal with reference to his physical disabilities, and 

 because only a small section of the pubUc think, we do 

 not really grasp that an act of violence may be a prelude 

 to insanity, or the truth of the Venetian proverb, " Trust 

 not a woman with a man's tongue." All these considera- 

 tions should l)e an additional spur to make some great 

 effort for permanent recognition, wliich if we neglect, we 

 do at o\ir own peril. The (Smithsonian Institute of America 

 has set a worthy example in the establishment of a Bvu-eau 

 of Ethnologj^ and a large Commonwealth like Australia 

 is svuely large enough and important enough to possess a 

 Department having for its functions the collection and 

 classification of all such details as is necessary for the 

 proper study of the human races, especially those which 

 we may consider to be our own immediate fellow men. It 

 will be a great day for Australia. when this comes about. 



