Man, Rousseau’s misunderstanding of, 17, 18, 23; modern, tired in body and spirit, 27-29; his sickness and degeneracy responsible for decline of our institutions, 31; made responsible by moralists for the injustices of Life, 50; his moral interpretation of the world, 51; modern, essentially democratic, 96; and suffering from exhaustion, 156; man, not his institutions wrong to-day, 201-202; all reform should begin with, himself, 206, 207. Manners, education in, most essential, 127; no attention given to, in elementary education, 128, 129, 131; lack of, falls with greater severity on poor than on rich, 129. Margarine, vegetable, almost useless to the body, 190. Mathematician, the, a hopeless psychologist, 62; dangerous as soon as he deals with humanity, 67. [p220] Mediocrities, alone “free” to choose a calling, 80. Mediocrity, can only rule in a mediocre way, 184. Middle Ages, had a common culture, 12; protected the poor and ignorant, 134. Mill, John Stuart, proved that Parliament is not representative, 91, 92 _n_. Misanthropy, bred by overcrowding of large cities, 174-175. Monks, the mendicant, lost power when they became rich, 41. Napoleon, on the cause of the Revolution, 72; and the lawyers, 82; a slave to his own strength, 83; what freedom meant to, 86. Nature, misunderstood by Rousseau and the Victorian poets, 17, 18; utterly immoral, 51-53; innately unjust, 55, 59; violence supreme in, 99. Negro slaves, committed suicide on British ships, 175. Parliament, quite unrepresentative, 91, 92. Pessimism, takes form of economic struggle among the masses and madness and religious fervour among the rich, 162. _See also_ Despondency. Pessimist, the, can alone logically assail Private Property, 36. Physical conditions, disregarded by modernity, 186. Poor, the, know certain truths owing to their contact with reality, 130; social reform directed towards, alone, 165; not more unhappy than the rich, 166-169. Population, problem of growth of, 213; definite policy necessary regarding, 214; a ruthless policy regarding, probably necessary, 215. Poverty, to-day entails besotting and heartrending work, foul surroundings and ignorance, 39. Power, the proper equipment of, 42. “Practical,” the password of the stupidest beliefs, 178 _n_; the foolishness of, reforms, 216. Press, the, its enormous power to-day, 134; does not protect the poor and ignorant, 135; has no sense of responsibility, 136; a knowledge of language the only means of curbing the, 136; modern education leads to omnipotence of, 137.