, he finds for himself an independent place. Here, as a
rule, there is no independent place for him, and he is obliged to sell
his ability to some other man who has an independent footing. So that
the leader of a scheme is not only relieved from puzzling over details,
but a large part of the planning is done by able men in his employ, and
he need give but little of his time. As a rule, a man must be on a
pretty high platform to have much hope of crowding his way up higher.

II. The importance of health is a dominant idea in the whole nation.
This is probably due to the very permanent impress given to English
civilization by the feudal system, to the demand made for the permanence
of the family, and for the production of warrior barons and warrior
retainers. The physical condition, that was formerly a necessity, is now
maintained as a matter of aristocratic fashion and pride in ancestry.
The higher classes have nothing to do that demands a strong physique,
but they devote the best part of their energies to securing it, and set
up their own results and methods as a model which the whole nation
follow. As evidence of this national interest in health, we may observe
the number of Public Health bills that come into Parliament, and it is
not strange that they get the most attention from the Conservative side
of the House. As farther confirmation we observe the great number of
holidays spent, not in merrymaking, but in a stroll in the fresh air of
the country, and the fact that nearly all the families of the whole
nation make as regular provision for one or more "outings" in the year,
as they do for the extra wraps for the winter; and still farther, that
almost the poorest classes refuse to buy bread and meat of second
quality, not from luxurious tastes, but from a belief that it is less
healthful. This consideration for health pervades all ranks of the
nation.

III. As conducive to the maintenance of health, we find, first,
remarkable regularity of habits, which is largely due to the fixedness,
or caste state of society, that keeps people in the same grade of life
into which they are born; that is, in conditions where they have no
occasion to change their habits, and where they have little opportunity
for seeing any habits, except those to which they conform. Children
naturally fall into the ways in which they are expected to go. This
permanence of conditions goes far to insure a degree of regularity that
almost converts hab