Office；　surely　this　and　its　kindred　Offices　exist；　if　they　will　think　of　it；　that　life　and　work　may　continue　possible；　and　may　not　become　impossible；　for　British　men。　　If　honorable　existence；　or　existence　on　human　terms　at　all；　have　become　impossible　for　millions　of　British　men；　how　can　the　Home　Office　or　any　other　Office　long　exist？　　With　thirty　thousand　Needlewomen；　a　Connaught　fallen　into　potential　cannibalism；　and　the　Idle　Workhouse　everywhere　bursting；　and　declaring　itself　an　inhumanity　and　stupid　ruinous　brutality　not　much　longer　to　be　tolerated　among　rational　human　creatures；　it　is　time　the　State　were　bethinking　itself。
  So　soon　as　the　State　attacks　that　tremendous　cloaca　of　Pauperism；　which　will　choke　the　world　if　it　be　not　attacked；　the　State　will　find　its　real　functions　very　different　indeed　from　what　it　had　long　supposed　them！　　The　State　is　a　reality；　and　not　a　dramaturgy；　it　exists　here　to　render　existence　possible；　existence　desirable　and　noble；　for　the　State's　subjects。　　The　State；　as　it　gets　into　the　track　of　its　real　work；　will　find　that　same　expand　into　whole　continents　of　new　unexpected；　most　blessed　activity；　as　its　dramatic　functions；　declared　superfluous；　more　and　more　fall　inert；　and　go　rushing　like　huge　torrents　of　extinct　exuviae；　dung　and　rubbish；　down　to　the　Abyss　forever。　　O　Heaven；　to　see　a　State　that　knew　a　little　why　it　was　there；　and　on　what　ground；　in　this　Year　1850；　it　could　pretend　to　exist；　in　so　extremely　earnest　a　world　as　ours　is　growing！　　The　British　State；　if　it　will　be　the　crown　and　keystone　of　our　British　Social　Existence；　must　get　to　recognize；　with　a　veracity　very　long　unknown　to　it；　what　the　real　objects　and　indispensable　necessities　of　our　Social　Existence　are。　　Good　Heavens；　it　is　not　prevenient　grace；　or　the　color　of　the　Bishop's　nightmare；　that　is　pinching　us；　it　is　the　impossibility　to　get　along　any　farther　for　mountains　of　accumulated　dung　and　falsity　and　horror；　the　total　closing…up　of　noble　aims　from　every　man；of　any　aim　at　all；　from　many　men；　except　that　of　rotting　out　in　Idle　Workhouses　an　existence　below　that　of　beasts！
  Suppose　the　State　to　have　fairly　started　its　〃Industrial　Regiments　of　the　New　Era；〃　which　alas；　are　yet　only　beginning　to　be　talked　of；what　continents　of　new　real　work　opened　out；　for　the　Home　and　all　other　Public　Offices　among　us！　　Suppose　the　Home　Office　looking　out；　as　for　life　and　salvation；　for　proper　men　to　command　these　〃Regiments。〃　　Suppose　the　announcement　were　practically　made　to　all　British　souls　that　the　want　of　wants；　more　indispensable　than　any　jewel　in　the　crown；　was　that　of　men　_able　to　command　men_　in　ways　of　industrial　and　moral　well…doing；　that　the　State　would　give　its　very　life　for　such　men；　that　such　men　_were_　the　State；　that　the　quantity　of　them　to　be　found　in　England　lamentably　small　at　present；　was　the　exact　measure　of　England's　worth；what　a　new　dawn　of　everlasting　day　for　all　British　souls！　　Noble　British　soul；　to　whom　the　gods　have　given　faculty　and　heroism；　what　men　call　genius；　here　at　last　is　a　career　for　thee。　　It　will　not　be　needful　now　to　swear　fealty　to　the　Incredible；　and　traitorously　cramp　thyself　into　a　cowardly　canting　play…actor　in　God's　Universe；　or；　solemnly　forswearing　that；　into　a　mutinous　rebel　and　waste　bandit　in　thy　generation：　　here　is　an　aim　that　is　clear　and　credible；　a　course　fit　for　a　man。　　No　need　to　become　a　tormenting　and　self…tormenting　mutineer；　banded　with　rebellious　souls；　if　thou　wouldst　live；　no　need　to　rot　in　suicidal　idleness；　or　take　to　platform　preaching；　and　writing　in　Radical　Newspapers；　to　pull　asunder　the　great　Falsity　in　which　thou　and　all　of　us　are　choking。　　The　great　Falsity；　behold　it　has　become；　in　the　very　heart　of　it；　a　great　Truth　of　Truths；　and　invites　thee　and　all　brave　men　to　cooperate　with　it　in　transforming　all　the　body　and　the　joints　into　the　noble　likeness　of　that　heart！　　Thrice…blessed　change。　　The　State　aims；　once　more；　with　a　true　aim；　and　has　loadstars　in　the　eternal　Heaven。　　Struggle　faithfully　for　it；　noble　is　_this_　struggle；　thou　too；　according　to　thy　faculty；　shalt　reap　in　due　time；　if　thou　faint　not。　　Thou　shalt　have　a　wise　command　of　men；　thou　shalt　be　wisely　commanded　by　men；the　summary　of　all　blessedness　for　a　social　creature　here　below。　　The　sore　struggle；　never　to　be　relaxed；　and　not　forgiven　to　any　son　of　man；　is　once　more　a　noble　one；　glory　to　the　Highest；　it　is　now　once　more　a　true　and　noble　one；　wherein　a　man　can　afford　to　die！　　Our　path　is　now　again　Heavenward。　　Forward；　with　steady　pace；　with　drawn　weapons；　and　unconquerable　hearts；　in　the　name　of　God　that　made　us　all！
  Wise　obedience　and　wise　command；　I　foresee　that　the　regimenting　of　Pauper　Banditti　into　Soldiers　of　Industry　is　but　the　beginning　of　this　blessed　process；　which　will　extend　to　the　topmost　heights　of　our　Society；　and；　in　the　course　of　generations；　make　us　all　once　more　a　Governed　Commonwealth；　and　_Civitas　Dei_；　if　it　please　God！　　Waste…land　Industrials　succeedingt；　other　kinds　of　Industry；　as　cloth…making；　shoe…making；　plough…making；　spade…making；　house…building；in　the　end；　all　kinds　of　Industry　whatsoever；　will　be　found　capable　of　regimenting。　　Mill…operatives；　all　manner　of　free　operatives；　as　yet　unregimented；　nomadic　under　private　masters；　they；　seeing　such　example　and　its　blessedness；　will　say：　〃Masters；　you　must　regiment　us　a　little；　make　our　interests　with　you　permanent　a　little；　instead　of　temporary　and　nomadic；　we　will　enlist　with　the　State　otherwise！〃　　This　will　go　on；　on　the　one　hand；　while　the　State…operation　goes　on；　on　the　other：　　thus　will　all　Masters　of　Workmen；　private　Captains　of　Industry；　be　forced　to　incessantly　co…operate　with　the　State　and　its　public　Captains；　they　regimenting　in　their　way；　the　State　in　its　way；　with　ever…widening　field；　till　their　fields　_meet_　（so　to　speak）　and　coalesce；　and　there　be　no　unregimented　worker；　or　such　only　as　are　fit　to　remain　unregimented；　any　more。O　my　friends；　I　clearly　perceive　this　horrible　cloaca　of　Pauperism；　wearing　nearly　bottomless　now；　is　the　point　where　we　must　begin。　　Here；　in　this　plainly　unendurable　portion　of　the　general　quagmire；　the　lowest　point　of　all；　and　hateful　even　to　M'Croudy；　must　our　main　drain　begin：　　steadily　prosecuting　that；　tearing　that　along　with　Herculean　labor　and　divine　fidelity；　we　shall　gradually　drain　the　entire　Stygian　swamp；　and　make　it　all　once　more　a　fruitful　field！
  For　the　State；　I　perceive；　looking　out　with　right　sacred　earnestness　for　persons　able　to　command；　will　straightway　also　come　upon　the　question：　〃What　kind　of　schools　and　seminaries；　and　teaching　and　also　preaching　establishments　have　I；　for　the　training　of　young　souls　to　take　command　and　to　yield　obedience？　　Wise　command；　wise　obedience：　　the　capability　of　these　two　is　the　net　measure　of　culture；　and　human　virtue；　in　every　man；　all　good　lies　in　the　possession　of　these　two　capabilities；　all　evil；　wretchedness　and　ill…success　in　the　want　of　these。　　He　is　a　good　man　that　can　command　and　obey；　he　that　cannot　is　a　bad。　　If　my　teachers　and　my　preachers；　with　their　seminaries；　high　schools　and　cathedrals；　do　train　men　to　these　gifts；　the　thing　they　are　teaching　and　preaching　must　be　true；　if　they　do　not；　not　true！〃
  The　State；　once　brought　to　its　veracities　by　the　thumb…screw　in　this　manner；　what　will　it　think　of　these　same　seminaries　and　cathedrals！　　I　foresee　that　our　Etons　and　Oxfords　with　their　nonsense…verses；　college…logics；　and　broken　crumbs　of　mere　_speech_；which　is　not　even　English　or　Teutonic　speech；　but　old　Grecian　and　Italian　speech；　dead　and　buried　and　much　lying　out　of　our　way　these　two　thousand　years　last　past；will　be　found　a　most　astonishing　seminary　for　the　training　of　young　English　souls　to　take　command　in　human　Industries；　and　act　a　valiant　part　under　the　sun！　　The　State　does　not　want　vocables；　but　manly　wisdoms　and　virtues：　　the　State；　does　it　want　parliamentary　orators；　first　of　all；　and　men　capable　of　writing　books？　　What　a　rag…fair　of　extinct　monkeries；　high…piled　here　in　the　very　shrine　of　our　existence；　fit　to　smite　the　generations　with　atrophy　and　beggarly　paralysis；as　we　see　it　do！　　The　Minister　of　Education　will　not　want　for　work；　I　think；　in　the　New　Downing　Street！
  How　it　will　go　with　Souls'…Overseers；　and　what　the　_new_　kind　will　be；　we　do　not　prophesy　just　now。　　Clear　it　is；　however；　that　the　last　finish　of　the　State's　efforts；　in　this　operation　of　regimenting；　will　be　to　get　the　_true_　Souls'…Overseers　set　over　men's　souls；　to　regiment；　as　the　consummate　flower　of　all；　and　constitute　into　some　Sacred　Corporation；　bearing　authority　and　dignity　in　their　generation；　the　Chosen　of　the　Wise；　of　the　Spiritual　and　Devout…minded；　the　Reverent　who　deserve　reverence；　who　are　as　the　Salt　of　the　Earth；that　not　till　this　is　done　can　the　State　consider　its　edifice　to　have　reached　the　first　story；　to　be　safe　for　a　moment；　to　be　other　than　an　arch　without　the　keystones；　and　supported　hitherto　on　mere　wood。　　How　will　this　be　done？　　Ask　not；　let　the　second　or　the　third　generation　after　this　begin　to　ask！Alas；　wise　men　do　exist；　born　duly　into　the　world　in　every　current　generation；　but　the　getting　of　_them_　regimented　is　the　highest　pitch　of　human　Polity；　and　the　feat　of　all　feats　in　political　engineering：impossible　for　u