The results of such a course of action may be seen on a large scale in India.

In one of the colleges of an Indian University in a large manufacturing town, fourteen young men--very agreeable and frank, outspoken fellows--met at random in one of the hostels, were asked what, on completing their college course, they intended to do; twelve answered to become "pleaders," and two hoped for something in the Government service.

None proposed to follow manufacturing industry, agriculture, or commerce.

The legal profession which they proposed to enter was so crowded that pleaders are said to have been competing with each other to obtain cases by a kind of Dutch auction regarding fees, and also to promote litigation wilfully in order to obtain a living.

It is from a kind of "intellectual proletariat" in all countries, that dangerous political agitators are drawn who take up political life not to improve the conditions of their fellows, but to find some sort of a career for themselves, having no useful occupation to turn to.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 5: Since the above lines were written I hear that a Committee of Inquiry has been appointed by the Government to report on the subject.].