Human Physiology. 



for any decent life whatever is honesty, the sense of right, the 

 practice of equity. And any employment or profession, or 

 mode of life in which honesty would be a disqualification, 

 should be abolished or reformed. It is stated, on what seems 

 good authority, that almost the entire liquor-traffic is dishonest, 

 not only as to prices, but in scandalous frauds and adulterations. 

 Adulteration of seeds is said to be the rule of the trade. Nearly 

 all the milk sold is watered. The art and mystery of a large 

 part of our trade and manufactures consists of skilful simula- 

 tion and adulteration. Before people can think of being honest 

 men, true men, righteous men, all this must cease. Young men, 

 instead of being trained to lie and cheat, must be trained to 

 honesty and equity. The phrase, "His word is as good as his 

 bond," should not be an exceptional eulogy. No lawyer should 

 think, or presume, or dare to tell a lie to a court or jury. No 

 doctor should take a fee for useless advice or needless medication. 

 The simple rule of honesty mvist be carried out in every trade, 

 calling, and pursuit. A true society cannot be made up of 

 thieves and liars. If all this rank dishonesty and robbery is a 

 matter of education and custom, the education must be re- 

 formed, and such customs must be abolished. 



Once men are honest, the work is more than half accom- 

 plished. Once men are really willing to do as they would 

 be done by, and live in justice and equity, society is more than 

 half reformed. When the will has been found, we shall not lack 

 the way. The Speaker of the House of Commons has proposed 

 to the labourers on his estate to take them into a limited part- 

 nership, agreeing to take their savings as an investment, and 

 pay them from two-and-a-half to ten per cent, for every shilling 

 they contribute. So far, so good. Let him agree to give them 

 an equitable share of the produce of his fields for their labour, 

 which is every day invested in them, and he will make a much 

 greater advance in the right direction. The real and ready 

 remedy for every industrial difficulty is for employers and work- 



