ABSTRACT
This chapter concerns political aspect in the general life of a community. The political aspect is the aspect of national control, and this must necessarily affect the industrial aspect to a large extent and the spiritual aspect at least to some extent. But, if the special function of an Upper House is that of impartial criticism of legislative proposals, it seems clear that what is chiefly wanted in it is an adequate representation of all the separate aspects of national life that may become affected by legislation. What has to be conceded to the individualist, as we have already noted, is that the best part of education belongs to the spiritual aspect of the Commonwealth, rather than to the purely political, and consequently demands freedom in its methods. On all the subjects that are considered in this chapter, and indeed throughout the book, much light may be obtained from the book on Social Purpose by Hetherington and Muirhead.
