DEVELOPING WILL-POWER

looks on the Government to be a fairy god-
father. It is all for pleasure. Almost everyone
wants to have a ‘‘ good time.”
This is what has happened in Great Britain.
It is a national danger. We have millions of
dole-drawers and pleasure-seekers. Business
has become so difficult that it takes all the time
of our ablest men, so that groups of inferior
politicians are carrying on the Government.
Soldiering makes some men, and it breaks some
men, too. It brings out the best in one man,
and the worst in another. Thousands of young
men have been wonderfully developed by the
War. They have been ripened, as you might
say. They are stronger, abler, gentler and more
companionable than they were before the War.
They are no longer lads. They are full-grown,
competent men, fit for heavy responsibilities.
On the other hand, there are in every large
firm young men who were broken down by the
War. They have become slackers and wasters.
The Army routine teaches men to be very busy
doing nothing, and these young men are still
in the habit.
In soldiering, no one is expected to think of
efficiency or of making profits. No one saves.
No one has a mind of his own. All are tied
together in a big military machine.

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