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At any rate character is judged by it; not indeed in the sense of popular politics, that one can "hold out" in a hopeless position, but because all the history that went before the war, the capacity or incapacity of politics and leadership is a question of character and with us it was a question of indolence, of political apathy, of class-rule, philistinish conceit and greed of gain.
But there was an invincible need of gaiety in her heart. She said funnily, looking at the arrow sparkling in the gas light: “Ah! That poor philistinish ornament!” An echo of our early days, not more innocent but so much more youthful, was in her tone; and we both, as if touched with poignant regret, looked at each other with enlightened eyes. “Yes,” I said, “how far away all this is.
The door facing me across the dining room flew open to my extreme surprise. It was the door inscribed with the word "Steward" and the man himself ran out of his stuffy, Philistinish lair in his absurd, hunted-animal manner, making for the garden door. To this day I don't know what made me call after him. "I say! Wait a minute."
As he grows older and becomes Philistinish, we may note that, after the manner of unfeathered bipeds, he is often disposed to indulge his selfishness, and summons his flock only to see him devour the morsel. Even in old age, however, the males of the varieties which are nearest the parent stock maintain their helpful motives and will struggle with infirmity to beat off a bird of prey.