progress of the nation. State aid of any kind, direct or indirect, tends to discourage "personal effort," and to weaken "individual responsibility." The prosperity of a people must, after all, depend upon the exertions of individuals, and anything which diminishes the incentive to enterprise and activity, prudence and foresight, will retard the progress of the community.

"For every evil under the sun there is a remedy, or there is none;
If there be one, try and find it; if not, never mind it."

I believe there is a remedy for every evil, and that it is our duty to find it. To extirpate poverty, to get rid of the squalor and misery that exist, the cause must be found and removed. We shall not lessen, but increase poverty, by legalising robbery, by confiscating land. To do good for the working class, we must avoid men like Louis Blanc, with their schemes, for the 11 organization of labour" by means of legislation and State intervention, and follow the example set us by men like Leclaire. Both men desired to benefit mankind; both sought to redress real evils. The theoretical socialist failed, because he tried to force reform from without by doing for men what could only be accomplished by men; the practical benefactor triumphed, because he was content to sow the good seed, to watch and guard the development of the living principle, and steadily to work on until it reached maturity. We underrate the importance of "sowing seed." The only thing that can help one onward is "knowledge;" the age needs that we "know more than our competitors." We supply our boys with useless material. We must alter our system, and teach them the things that will be useful. We adhere too much to the past in our training;