ting mirage of party prejudice,
stands the absolute freedom of mind of the man of science who stands
with open arms to welcome truth...." And Dr. Gregory's moral would
seem to be: Eschew politics and devote yourself to science. As if the
world could exist without politics! As if the happy alternative to bad
politicians were no politicians! The right moral surely is that which
we have been drawing, with possibly wearisome repetition, throughout
this book; that all that is best in the scientific mind, all that is
best in the literary and artistic mind, all that is best in the
religious mind, must be brought to bear upon the problems of our
corporate life.

[1] We offer no opinion, also, on the "oral method" of teaching both
modern and classical tongues, as we have no experience at all to guide
us.

[2] Surely, too, the third of the three R's should include a knowledge
of book-keeping, balance sheets, etc. Here we join hands heartily with
the "utilitarian" school of educational reformers. We also wish that
every one learnt shorthand almost as soon as he had learnt longhand.

CHAPTER XI

THE YOUNG GENERATION AND THE OLD

"There, it is to be feared, they will find the parents most in their
way. The normal father may endure his son being taught poetry, but he
will object to the instilling of opinion other than his
own."--_Outlook_.

"Fancy some imp of fifteen or sixteen assailing the author of his
being, a court-worn barrister or 'rattled' stockbroker, at his evening
meal: 'Father, I think Lord Bryce's bill for the reform of the House of
Lords radically unsound,' or suddenly asking his mother, who, good,
easy woman, is revolving in her mind the merits of a coat and skirt she
has seen that afternoon at Debenham's: 'Mother, what is your opinion of
the Trading with the Enemy Bill?'"--_Saturday Review_.

"Youth is asking questions as never before--asking awkward, burning
questions, which put its seniors in a flutter. The seniors, under
question, discover that they have no body of doctrine, and have never
till now dreamt of the need of any. If they are wise, they will put
away the taboo on politics and sit down with their juniors to hammer
these things out, and perchance clear their own minds in the
process."--_Westminster Gazette_.

By way of epilogue--an appeal to the parents.

What is it that the parents want from the schools? The question is
all-important; for by the spiritual law of demand an