NeithermyUtopiandoublenorIloveemotionsufficientlytocultivateit, , generalideasaboutmyownworld, , makesus, inspiteofourvastdifferenceintrainingandhabits, curiouslyakin.
IputittohimthatIcametoUtopiawithbutveryvagueideasofthemethodofgovernment, biassed, perhaps, alittleinfavourofcertainelectoraldevices, butfortherestindeterminate, , certainmenandwomenofadistinctivecostumeandbearing, andIknownowthatthesepeopleconstituteanorder, thesamurai, the "voluntarynobility," , thatmuchoftheresponsibleworkoftheStateisreservedforit, andIaminclinednowatthefirstonsetofrealisationtoregarditasfarmoresignificantthanitreallyisintheUtopianscheme, asbeing, indeed, , ithasremindedmemoreandmorecloselyofthatstrangeclassofguardianswhichconstitutestheessentialsubstanceofPlato'sRepublic, anditiswithanimplicitreferencetoPlato'sprofoundintuitionsthatIandmydoublediscussthisquestion.
