TRANSLATOR'S  PREFACE.

organization  to  be  kept  in  view,  but  also  as  to  the  best  and

urest  V  ay  of  reaching  that  goal  ;  and  every  citizen  who  cares
or  the  good  of  his  fellow-men,  who  wishes  to  form  an  intelligent
opinion  on  the  political  proposals  of  the  day,  who  desires  to
exercise,  in  however  humble  a  way,  a  wholesome  influence  on
the  social  development  of  his  country,  should  endeavour  to
understand  at  least  the  bearings  of  the  problem.  Beside  this
problem,  all  questions  touching  the  extension  of  the  Franchise,
the  abolition  of  the  House  of  Lords,  or  even  the  reformation
of  Ae  House  of  Commons,  sink  into  insigniflcance.  The
decision  of  these  latter  points  will  merely  answer  the  question,
what  sort  of  servants  shall  the  nation  employ?  The  more
undamental  questions  are  :  what  sort  of  duties  shall  the  nation
entrust  to  its  servants?  what  sort  of  commands  shall  the
nation  give  ?

GODDARD  H.  ORPEN.

I,  Stone  Buildings,  Lincoln’s  Inn,