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-every boat ; a captain to every vessel, from the smallest coaster 

 to the largest ship, with unquestioned authority to command, 

 and prompt obedience. All military enterprises, and all great 

 works of every kind depend for their success upon the perfec- 

 tion of discipline, the wisdom of authority, and the zeal and 

 intelligence of obedience. Every family must have its head, 

 with its children and servants well governed. Every school 

 must have the two elements of all social order authority and 

 obedience. And no social reform is possible no philanthropic 

 movement can possibly succeed without authority, energetic, 

 just, and wise in its leaders, and thorough subordination and 

 loyalty in all the members. There is heroic work to do, and 

 we want heroes born leaders of men, whom no toil will weary, 

 and no difficulties will appal men born to command, and pos- 

 sessed of those qualities of mind and heart that inspire faith, 

 attract devotion, and command a ready, cheerful, enthusiastic 

 obedience. 



Music gives us the key to many harmonies ; and leadership 

 is the first and obvious necessity in the production of a grand 

 musical work. Every instrument must be tuned to one pitch ; 

 every movement, every nuance of expression, must be under 

 the control of a single mind, with whom all must be in perfect 

 sympathy. A perfect orchestral band must be like an organ- 

 ised being, having one mind and heart. One central brain 

 directs, and every other brain, nerve, and muscle gives ready 

 and perfect obedience. Here is an example of order and 

 subordination. There is here no assertion of freedom and 

 independence, and any exercise of the right of private judg- 

 ment in pitch or time, piano or forte, crescendo or diminuendo, 

 would mar the performance. There must be a ready, full, loyal 

 obedience to the commands of a rightful authority, or discord 

 takes the place of harmony. And the higher and more impor- 

 tant the work we have to do, the more necessary becomes this 

 order, the stronger and more perfect should be the leadership, 



