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evil as not to attempt its reform. And I am 

 convinced that in most cases it will be possible 

 to devise measures of reform which will not 

 impair the sense of responsibility, duty and in- 

 dependence, but rather even increase these good 

 qualities among those who are now so sadly 

 lacking in them. 



Many of the measures of reform most needed 

 in England have been in effective working for 

 some years in various continental countries, and 

 it is possible to study their effects upon those 

 peoples : it is here that foreign example and 

 experiment can be most useful — not to be copied 

 or bodily transplanted, but to be studied as a 

 demonstration of the application of certain 

 principles ; and if the results are satisfactory 

 then we must endeavour to achieve similar re- 

 sults in the manner most suited to the condition 

 of this country and the idiosyncrasies of our 

 own people. 



The idea of a National party ought to appeal 

 to all those who believe in the dual party system 

 in politics, because to my mind the formation 

 of a National party will prove the only way of 

 securing the continuance of this system. On 

 the one side there would be the National party 

 composed of all sound and moderate men, and 

 opposed to them the party of extreme Radicals 

 and Socialists. 



If we do not have a National party the 

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