[5] In a democratic country it is the majority who must after all rule, and the minority will be obliged to submit with the best grace possible (_Westminster Gazette_ on Conscription, December 29, 1915). [6] Some very strong remarks on the conduct of the “white feather” women were made by Mr. Reginald Kemp, the Deputy Coroner for West Middlesex, at an inquest at Ealing on Saturday on Richard Charles Roberts, aged thirty-four, a taxicab driver, of Shepherd’s Bush, who committed suicide in consequence of worry caused by his rejection from the Army and the taunts of women and other amateur recruiters. It was stated that he tried to join the Army in October, but was rejected on account of a weak heart. That alone, said his widow, had depressed him, and he had been worried because he thought he would lose his license owing to the state of his heart. He had also been troubled by the dangerous illness of a child. A soldier relative said that the deceased’s life had been made “a perfect misery” by women who taunted him and called him a coward because he did not join the Army. A few days ago two women in Maida Vale insulted him “something shocking.” The Coroner, speaking with some warmth, said the conduct of such women was abominable. It was scandalous that women who knew nothing of individual circumstances should be allowed to go about making unbearable the lives of men who had tried to do their duty. It was a pity they had nothing better to do. Here was a man who perhaps had been driven to death by a pack of silly women. He hoped something would soon be done to put a stop to such conduct (_Daily News_, July 26, 1915). [7] By England in South Africa, America in the Philippines, France in Morocco, Italy in Tripoli, Germany in Southwest Africa, Russia in Persia and Manchuria, Japan in Manchuria. [8] This was written in 1915. [9] This would be as true under a syndicalist régime as it is at present. [10] These changes, which are to be desired on their own account, not only in order to prevent war, will be discussed in later lectures. [11] What is said on this subject in the present lecture is only preliminary, since the subsequent lectures all deal with some aspect of the same problem. [12] Except by that small minority who are capable of artistic enjoyment. [13] Booth’s “Life and Labour of the People,” vol. iii. [14] As regards the education of young children, Madame Montessori’s methods seem to me full of wisdom. [15] THE TEACHING OF PATRIOTISM. HIS MAJESTY’S APPROVAL.