| Title | The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists |
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| Page | 1395 |
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Industrial Service, and they would be relied upon to see that the conditions of that service were the best possible. `As for the different branches of the State Service, they could be organized on somewhat the same lines as the different branches of the Public Service are now - like the Navy, the Post Office and as the State Railways in some other countries, or as are the different branches of the Military Army, with the difference that all promotions will be from the ranks, by examinations, and by merit only. As every recruit will have had the same class of education they will all have absolute equality of opportunity and the men who would attain to positions of authority would be the best men, and not as at present, the worst.' `How do you make that out?' demanded Crass. `Under the present system, the men who become masters and employers succeed because they are cunning and selfish, not because they |
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