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but little from that of the teacher. He is subject to greater temptations, disguised profiteering amongst them. Like the teacher, he is in constant need of further study and training. The general practitioner quickly falls behind unless he makes special efforts to keep up to date. Unless he does so, like his patient, he is the victim of the specialist. It is not, therefore, surprising that a growing number of doctors favour transforming the profession into a public service. But of what avail unless it be self-governing? A doctor occupying a responsible position recently declared that a National Medical Guild could do better for the country for £250,000,000, than now is done at a cost double that amount.

The Foundations of Culture

“A sound mind in a sound body” is a proverb that has persisted for a thousand years. Without it we cannot hope to be a cultured people. In our House of Culture, education and medicine must play a predominant part, not only because of their social importance, but because of the magnitude of their organisation. Between them they might conceivably spend £750,000,000 a year, nearly the amount of our present State Budget. And we can see at a glance what a vital part the universities must play in the co-ordination of these essential functions.

But there are others. Architecture, for example. The maintenance of the architect would probably fall on the Building Guild; but when we remember that the whole of this country needs re-planning