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What i used to respect was not really aristocracy, but a set of personal qualities which aristocracy then developed better than any other system . . . a set of qualities, however, whose merit lay only in a psychology of non-calculative, non-competitive disinterestedness, truthfulness, courage, and generosity fostered by good education, minimum economic stress, and assumed position, and just as achievable through socialism as through aristocracy.
It is a grand old name, that of gentleman, and has been recognized as a rank and power in all stages of society. to possess this character is a dignity of itself, commanding the instinctive homage of every generous mind, and those who will not bow to titular rank will yet do homage to the gentleman. his qualities depend not upon fashion or manners, but upon moral worth; not on personal possessions, but on personal qualities.
Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. the machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. the most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.
Vanity is a desire of personal glory, the wish to be appreciated, honoured, and run after, not because of one's personal qualities, merits, and achievements, but because of one's individual existence. at best, therefore, it is a frivolous beauty whim it befits.
The only compensation which war offers for its manifold mischiefs, is in the great personal qualities to which it gives scope and occasion.
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