4. 1 6 Hitman Physiology. 



and the more loyal and hearty the co-operation of every mem- 

 ber of the body, of which the leader is the head. 



All our titles but describe the qualities and functions of the 

 leaders of men. An Emperor is one who commands ; a King 

 is the father of a people ; a Duke is a leader ; a Marquis is the 

 guardian of a frontier ; an Earl is a chief or leader ; a Lord is 

 the supplier of bread ; a Baron is simply a man ; a Captain is. 

 the head of the body he commands. And every body of men 

 must have its head, and even mobs instinctively range them- 

 selves under leaders. 



In all works that employ numbers, there must be plan, direc- 

 tion, oversight, command. This is notable in architecture and: 

 engineering. There is the plan to work to, the master work- 

 man to direct, and careful obedience in all the details of the 

 building, from the first foundation-stone to the last ornament. 



Discussion, voting, government by majority, may have their 

 uses somewhere they answer as makeshifts or preparations 

 but when real work is to be done, we must come back to the 

 natural order of things. Brain and will must govern. The 

 minority must govern. The father must rule his family, the 

 captain his ship, the general-in-chief his army, without popular 

 agitation, prolonged discussion, vote by ballot, division of the 

 House, or any such cumbrous and mutinous machinery. 



But how to find leaders? Happily, they are heaven-appointed 

 happily, in England, they are at hand, more or less trained 

 for their work, and all ready to enter upon it, if they will but 

 accept their mission. Here is the use of an aristocracy. Every 

 country has one of some sort an aristocracy of genius, of posi- 

 tion, of wealth; but in no country is there an aristocracy so- 

 rich, so cultivated, so powerful, so honoured and trusted, and, 

 I believe, on the whole, so worthy of trust and honour, as in this 

 country. 



Of course, as an obscure stranger, I can have had but little 

 opportunity for personal knowledge of the English aristocracy,. 



