In truth, the governing of the world needs an apple
iticeship like any other trade, and the men who have done best a: e those who, like Pitt or Peel, Gladstone or Disraeli, early dedicated them-- selves to the conduct of public affairs and showed that " the wisdom of a learned man conical by opportunity of leisure : and he that hath little business shall become wise." In other words, the man who gives himself time to think does better than the man who is too much immersed in details. Before we leave the sub- ject we should like, however, to make a distinction.' If you are going to take a business man for the work of government, the best kind of business man to take is one who has administered some great public service, such as railways or mines, and not merely a man who has made a fortune. We are apt to judge business too much by success from the money-making point of view.
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