NATIONAL IDEAL EXPLAINED 3 



Seventh proposition. — The necessary revenue 

 should be raised so as to encourage the true 

 employment of capital, and to impede as little as 

 possible the march to the ideal. 



Eighth proposition. — To carry out its part suc- 

 cessfully, the Government requires the willing aid 

 of the employers and workmen. This aid will 

 not be effective unless the present somewhat 

 hostile feelings are converted into harmony be- 

 tween employers and workmen. The sources 

 of this hostility are to be found in the history of 

 the human race. A remedy seems possible. 



Ninth proposition. — The employers and workmen 

 whose aid is required are especially those on 

 the land. Therefore a revival of agriculture is 

 essential to Great Britain. 



First proposition. — (1) It should be the ideal of 

 the nation to have the finest population possible, 

 physically, socially, and morally. 



It is not necessary to prove this part of the 

 first proposition : its meaning has only to be 

 clearly stated to command immediate assent. 

 The meaning of the physical ideal is, that the 

 men and women of the nation should have good 

 sound health, and the power to endure ; not 

 to be compelled to give in easily, nor to be soon 

 exhausted by holding on ; in a word, not, as so 

 many without real excuse are now, back-achers 

 for a little digging, heart-breakers for a little 

 marching. 



Thus the men and women would be able to 

 do a real day's work in their respective spheres, 



