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acts may be better, .for the suggestion determines 

 their character. Appeals to sentiments of glory, 

 honour and patriotism are particularly likely to in- 

 fluence the individual forming part of a crowd. In 

 fact, collectivities alone are capable of great disin- 

 terestedness and devotion. From this aspect of 

 their nature has come the power of our schools to 

 assimilate and make good citizens of the riff-raff 

 cast upon our shores. And because of this, there 

 are those who would solace themselves that we have 

 a broader, instead of a more deeply thoughtful, in- 

 tellectual life, a more socialised ethics instead of 

 stronger individual virtues. The philosophy of the 

 day would abandon intellect and fall back upon in- 

 tuition. We are to lose ourselves in the creative 

 flow, but such an abandonment to instinct is merely 

 a reversion to the gregarious impulse of our animal 

 ancestry. The integration that marks progress for 

 us can come only through the bonds of a deeper in- 

 sight. Each is able to take his place in a whole 

 only as he is uniquely himself. One's duty to others 

 as well as to one's self is to attain the most complete 

 selfhood that is possible. 



The emphasis in education has perforce been 

 placed on the memory faculties, not because our 

 teachers do not realise the importance of developing 

 the reasoning faculties, but because such faculties 

 are lost to the group-mind. Our children cannot 

 spell or write correctly, for the group-mind again 



