THE BEST BRAINS
Sts,—One of the contributors to your issue of July 26th draws atten- tion to the necessity of enlisting the best brains in the service of the country. Another speaks of Mr. Winston -Churchill's "second-class Cabinet." I do not know how many of our present Cabinet Ministers were educated at Eton or Harrow, but I know that the proportion was very higlr in Mr. Chamberlain's Cabinet. Three explanations of this phenomenon occur to one's mind. The first is that the boys who go to these schools are far above the average in brain power. The second is that the education provided at them is much better than that at other schools. The third explanation, which I mention only to reject, is that at this most critical time men are chosen to direct the affairs of Great Britain, not for their- brains and character, but [There are only five Cabinet Ministers at present; one of them, the Prime Minister, was educated at Harrow, and one, Lord Halifax, at Eton. Mr:-Chamberlsin was- at Rugby, Mr. Attlee at .Haiicybury.— ED., Spectator.)
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