6 THE NATIONAL IDEAL 



another is not thinking of self; it is recognising 

 a right. Nevertheless, where there is no wrong- 

 doing to others, though there need be no thought 

 of self, though there be a recognition of right, 

 there is always right-doing to one's self. 



It will be found, in " Krieg und Sieg," that in 

 the war of 1870 the German leaders laid stress 

 on the morality of their men, considering them 

 to start with an initial advantage, great enough 

 to presage victory over others less moral. There, 

 too, if we examine well, the underlying idea is 

 that of justice to all. Men who live so as not to 

 hurt others practise self-denial, and so grant to 

 their own minds and bodies the right to be strong 

 and good. In all contests, whether in the field 

 of battle or in the workshop, an army of dis- 

 ciplined, morally superior men will defeat an 

 army of rogues. 



(2) The chief work of the nation — agriculture 

 and manufacture — should be so carried on as not 

 to impede progress toward the ideal. 



Life in general, not excluding the national life, 

 has more phases than one. When the planet 

 Venus is showing herself to the earth in one 

 phase she is showing herself to the planet Mars 

 in quite another phase. The life of a man is in 

 his work and his home, but at the same time 

 what he does is of national importance ; for the 

 total national profit is the result of the work of 

 all the little units ; and that the national life may 

 move in a certain direction, all the combined 

 efforts of the workers must be made in that 

 direction. But the chief occupations of workers 



