Foreword

America . . . will lead in service, in example of a higher standard, in the making of ever-increasing 6 FOREWORD wealth. ,That is the class of leadership, which, pro vided others follow or better still, share in it, can bring nothing but good to the human race." Yet no putside aid can replace the self-help which alone can save our country, and it is my earnest hope that, in helping to explain the workings of private enterprise to a new generation, this book may encour age that spirit. of personal risk and endeavour which never fails to show itself among Englishmen in a time of adversity. Oxted, March, 1948. E. B.