

THE INDUSTRIAL TYPE OF SOCIETY, G33 



Tlie trait is shown in the multitudinousness of religious sects, 

 in the divisions of political parties, and, in minor ways, by 

 the absence of those &quot; schools &quot; in art, philosophy, &c.. which, 

 among continental peoples, are formed by the submission of 

 disciples to an adopted master. That Englishmen show, more 

 than their neighbours, a jealousy of dictation, and a determi 

 nation to act as they think fit, will not, I think, be disputed. 



The diminished subordination to authority, which is the 

 obverse of this independence, of course implies decrease of 

 loyalty. Worship of the monarch, at no time with us reach 

 ing the height it did in France early in the last century, or 

 in Russia down to recent times, has now changed into a 

 respect depending very much on the monarch s personal 

 character. Our days witness no such extreme servilities of 

 expression as were used by ecclesiastics in the dedication of 

 the Bible to King James, nor any such exaggerated adulations 

 as those addressed to George III. by the House of Lords. 

 The doctrine of divine right has long since died away ; belief 

 in an indwelling supernatural power (implied by the touching 

 for king s evil, &c.) is named as a curiosity of the past ; and 

 the monarchical institution has come tobe defended on grounds 

 of expediency. So great has been the decrease of this senti 

 ment which, under the militant rfyime, attaches subject to 

 ruler, that now-a-days the conviction commonly expressed is 

 that, should the throne be occupied by a Charles II. or a 

 George IV., there would probably result a republic. And 

 this change of feeling is shown in the attitude towards the 

 Government as a whole. For not only are there many who 

 dispute the authority of the State in respect of sundry 

 matters besides religious beliefs, but there are some who 

 passively resist what they consider unjust exercises of its 

 authority, and pay fines or go to prison rather than submit. 



As this last fact implies, along with decrease of loyalty has 

 gone decrease of faith, not in monarchs only but in govern 

 ments. Such belief in royal omnipotence as existed in 

 ancient Egypt, where the power of the ruler was supposed to 



