You did not intend to cast a slur upon the idea of competition?--Yes, very distinctly; I intended not only to cast a slur, but to express my excessive horror of the principle of competition, in every way; for instance, we ought not to try to grow claret here, nor to produce silk; we ought to produce coal and iron, and the French should give us wine and silk. You say that, with a view to an interchange of such commodities?--Yes. Each country producing that which it is best fitted to produce?--Yes, as well as it can; not striving to imitate or compete with the productions of other countries. Finally, I believe that the way of ascertaining what ought to be done for the workman in any position, is for any one of us to suppose that he was our own son, and that he was left without any parents, and without any help; that there was no chance of his ever emerging out of the state in which he was, and then, that what we should each of us like to be done for our son, so left, we should strive to do for the workman. The following analysis of the above evidence was mainly given in the Index to the Report (p. 153).--ED. 139. Is well acquainted with the museums, picture galleries, etc., in the metropolis.--Conducts a drawing class at the Working Men's College. 140. Desirableness of the public institutions being open in the evening (cp. 154, 161). 141. Remarks relative to the system of teaching expedient for the working classes; system pursued by witness at the Working Men's College.--Workmen to aim at rising in their class, not _out of_ it (cp. 155). 142. Backward state, intellectually, of the working man of the present time; superiority of the foreigner. 143. Improvement of the National Gallery suggested (cp. 157, 160). 144. Inexpediency of submitting valuable ancient pictures to the risk of injury from gas, etc. (cp. 146, 157). 145. Statement as to the minds of the working classes after their day's labor being too much oppressed to enable them to enjoy or appreciate the public institutions, if merely opened in the evening. 146. Suggested collection of pictures and prints of a particular character for the inspection of the working classes.--Suggestions with a view to special collections of shells, birds, and plants being prepared for the use of the working classes; system of lectures, of illustration, and of intermediate study necessary in connection with such collections (cp. 151-52). 147. Statement as to greater interest being taken in France and other foreign countries than in England in the intellectual development of the working classes; examination on this point, and on the effect produced thereby upon the character and demeanor of the working people (cp. 158, 163-64).