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TROPHY. 
~\TO  subject  of  recent  years  has  excited  more 
-L  i  interest  and  brought  a  greater  number  of  able 
and  thoughtful  communications  than  the  one  that 
has  been  discussed  in  our  columns  mainly  under  the 
above  now  familiar  heading.  It  is  true  that  some 
correspondents,  whose  opinions  are  entitled  to  great 
respect,  have  gone  far '  beyond  the  original  idea. 
They  have  widened  it  in  two  directions  : — 1,  As 
to  the  products  that  should  be  included  in  compe¬ 
titions  for  a  grand  national  prize  of  the  nature  of  a 
challenge  cup ;  2,  As  to  the  societies  under  the 
auspices  of  which  the  trophy  should  be  won. 
We  propose  giving  a  sort  of  digest  of  the  views 
which  have  been  expressed  with  the  object  of 
ascertaining  if  the  authors  of  them  can  by  yielding 
here  a  little  and  there  a  little,  arrive  at  a  common 
understanding  and  a  definite  issue.  There  is  only 
one  way,  so  far  as  we  can  see,  in  which  this  can  be 
done,  and  until  it  is  done  it  is  difficult  to  perceive 
how  the  cardinal  object — the  provision  of  a  national 
trophy  commensurate  with  the  desire,  and  worthy 
of  its  Dame,  can  be  assured.  The  way  to  success  lies 
in  the  direction  of  the  minority  bowing,  with  as 
much  grace  as  they  are  endowed  with,  to  the  votes 
of  the  majority.  In  one  respect  this  would  he 
appropriate,  as  it  is  admittedly  a  national  custom 
and  would  be  brought  into  operation  for  the  attain¬ 
ment  of  a  national  object. 
It  does  not  follow  that  the  majority  would  be 
absolutely  right  in  their  judgment  and  the  minority 
absolutely  wrong.  The  reverse  may  be  the  case 
when  the  matter  is  tested  by  time.  The 
prescience  of  minorities  has  been  demonstrated  in 
hundreds  of  instances.  It  may  seem  paradoxical, 
but  it  is  true,  that  some  of  the  greatest  measures, 
social  and  political,  have  been  passed  by  the 
influence  of  minorities.  The  soundness  of  the 
views  of  the  few  could  not,  when  first  expressed,  be 
perceived  by  the  many,  but  time  made  clearer  the 
vision  of  the  greater  number,  and  eventually  they 
were  compelled  to  recognise  the  superior  wisdom 
No.  2672— Vol.  CL,  Old  Series. 
