Science in Public Affairs 



acres beyond acres of graceful homesteads. The 

 inhabitants of London are no longer the inhabi- 

 tants of one town. The classes are divided, and, 

 ignorant of each other, suspicion grows. Suspecting 

 each other, opportunities occur for distrusting each 

 other, and with distrust grows dislike, and after 

 dislike comes active animosity. The thoughtful 

 patriot, with the examples of Japan and Russia 

 before his eyes, is bound to recognise that the 

 strength of a nation against both internal and 

 external foes is mutual trust, understanding, and 

 respect. The soil of suspicion cannot produce 

 the strong tree, in whose branches its people rest 

 in happy security, or whose leaves heal the waters 

 of international strife. 



THE NATIONAL LOSSES BY CLASS DIVISIONS 



It is not, however, only the ethical side of life 

 which suffers. The economical suffer almost as 

 seriously. The division of rich and poor in what 

 come to be different cities often constitutes eco- 

 nomic loss. There is the difficulty of government. 

 The citizens of a neighbourhood like West Ham 

 have no resource on which to draw so as to do 

 what is best for the education or the health of 

 the people. In one district half-a-crown in the i 

 will not pay for the schools, while in another under 

 a shilling is sufficient. The difficulty is not only 

 one of money, it is also one of ability and leisure. 

 In the city of the poor there is a lack of men who 

 are trained to think, and have leisure to put their 



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