Go about the Continent, and see the effect of military service on loutish peasants and the lowest classes of town population.

Do you know why it isn't even more successful?
Because the damnable education movement interferes.

If Germany would shut up her schools and universities for the next quarter of a century and go ahead like blazes with military training there'd be a nation such as the world has never seen.

After that, they might begin a little book-teaching again--say an hour and a half a day for everyone above nine years old.

Do you suppose, Mr Milvain, that society is going to be reformed by you people who write for money?
Why, you are the very first class that will be swept from the face of the earth as soon as the reformation really begins!' Alfred puffed at his cigarette.