It has been well said that every Englishman is an average Englishman : it’s an essential national characteristic.
What is more , no true Englishman would wish it to be otherwise. He prefer his neighbour to be an average Englishman – he prefer to be one himself. He likes what he knows.
To think is not part of the English character. Instead of thoughts , the English have traditions.
The tradition of “the Home” for instance.
Even the French have preferred not to translate this word , but to recognize it as English in origin and spirit by referring to it as “ le home”.
Yet how do the English treat “le home” – which is, theoretically and traditionally regarded as the backbone of their country?
Their first care is to remove their children from it by second them to a boarding-school almost as soon as they can walk , and keeping them there until they are old enough to be sent still farther away.…
