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lie in the non-productiveness of the labour, or in 

 service, or in menial attendance; there is no shame 

 in acting lackey to those we love, because we love 

 them. Flunkeyism is a suppression of personality 

 for pay. It is a negation of living, a slap In the 

 face of life — a slap we have most of us to give in 

 order to live at all. It cannot come to an end till 

 each man works for love of his labour and his fel- 

 lowmen, and loves his neighbour as himself. 



There is, about frighting, a give-and-take be- 

 tween hirer and hired which redeems it from pure 

 flunkeyism. Whether paid or not, the boatman 

 must for safety's sake remain skipper of his craft; 

 yours to command ashore, in command afloat. 

 Under his care, as into the hands of a specialist, 

 the fright must place itself, and usually is prepared 

 to do so. Hectoring does not do with boatmen 

 who are also fishermen. Some people will try to 

 beat the prices down, forgetting the wear and tear 

 of boats on an open beach, and the number of 

 months they lie Idle. A few frights have been 

 known to take tea with them, to eat It on a beach 

 with their boatman sitting by, and never to offer 

 him a crumb. But mainly they are kind, in 

 intention at all events; for they are on a little 

 adventure which tends to make men kin; and if 



