is a work of preparation and of the sowing of seed. But first the fields of Europe must be ploughed and harrowed; the weeds of the existing order have to be cut down, and the stubble must be ploughed under. Then, in the silence which follows that storm, the seed shall bear its fruit.

That which raises man above the “beasts which perish” is Reason. If we would touch the finer chords in man to melody, we do not strike the lower notes, the heats and instincts of the body; we do not sweep the chords of elemental passion; rather we strive to compass the sweet, true-ringing octaves of the Reason.

Patriotism may be defined as that special duty which we owe to our own nation and kindred. True patriotism teaches men to think rightly: none other service is so high as this. From right thought, right action springs; the sovereign remedy for every ill.

Man is best served by that which reveals his Higher Self: as with the man, so with the nation. The appeal to the best in a nation is not by encouraging its instinct for depredation; it is not achieved by fostering a sense of national egotism. Patriotism is a weightier matter than the waving of a flag.

As Truth is never palatable, so the patriot is never popular; he is more likely to be acquainted with prisons than with palaces. Therefore those who truly labour for the good of humanity work most often in silence and seclusion. Those who lay to-day the foundations of tomorrow will not be found amongst the leaders of Society or the exponents of Socialism: they affect neither platforms nor pulpits.

Salvation is not by an appeal to the masses—these rise to Passion, not to Reason. It lies rather in the training of