"You will have to share with less fortunate people." And then he drew himself up ready for battle, and began.
"Why, because a man or woman is born in the gutter, should not he or she be given by the State the same chance as though born in a palace?
We are all exactly the same human beings, only until now luck and circumstance have been different for us." "I am all for everyone having the same chance," agreed John Derringham, allowing the smile to stay in his eyes, "although I do not admit we are all the same human beings, any more than the Derby winner is the same horse as the plow horse or the cob.

They can all draw some kind of vehicle, but they cannot all win races--they have to excel, each in his different line.

Give everyone a chance, by all means, and then make him come up for examination, and if found fit passed on for higher things, and if unfit, passed _out_! It is your tendency to pamper the unfit which I deplore.

You have only one idea on your Radical Socialist side of the House, to pull down those who are in any inherited or agreeable authority--not because they are doing their work badly, but because you would prefer their place! The war-cry of boons for the people covers a multitude of objects, and is the most attractive cry for the masses to hear all over the world.

The real boon for the people would be to give them more practical sound education and ruthlessly to clear out the unfit." Then his face lost its whimsical expression and became interested.
"Let us imagine a Utopian state of republic.