esence of this,"--he waved
his hand upward, "that I could speak of my ideas."

"You would please me. You said a nation must have a reason for existing
and that Canada should have a clear ideal of hers. What is the raison
d'etre of Canada?"

"_To do pre-eminently well a part of the highest work of all the world!
If by being a nation we can advance mankind; if by being a nation we
can make a better community for ourselves; our aims are founded on the
highest raison d'etre,--the ethical spirit._ We must deliberately mark
out our work on this principle; and if we do not work upon it we had
better not exist."

Then Haviland related to Chrysler freely and fully the comprehensive
plan which he had worked out for the building of the nation.

"First of all," he said, "as to ourselves, there are certain things we
must clearly take to mind before we begin:"

"That we cannot do good work without making ourselves a good people;"

"That we cannot do the best work without being also a strong and
intellectual people;"

"And that we cannot attain to anything of value at haphazard; but must
deliberately choose and train for it."

"Labors worthy of Hercules!" ejaculated the old gentleman.

"Worthy of God," the young one replied. The difference of age between
himself and the Ontarian seemed to disappear, and he proceeded
confidently:

"The foundation must be the Ideal Physical Man. We must never stop short
of working until,--now, do not doubt me, sir,--every Canadian is the
strongest and most beautiful man that can be thought. No matter how
utterly chimerical this seems to the parlor skeptic who insists on our
seeing only the common-place, it cannot be so to the true thinker who
knows the promises of science and reflects that a nation can turn its
face to endeavours which are impossible for a person. Physical culture
must be placed on a more reasonable basis, and made a requisite of all
education. We need a Physical Inspector in every School. We need to
regularly encourage the sports of the country. We require a military
term of training, compulsory on all young men, for its effect in
straightening the person and strengthening the will. We must have a
nation of stern, strong men--a careless people can never rise; no deep
impression, no fixed resolve, will ever originate from easy-going
natures."

"Next, the most crying requirement is True Education. The source of all
our political errors and sufferings is an ignorant electora