economic and physical, coping with the enemy within and without. But evil is the real problem, because it is the most insidious; all power tends to corrupt, we are told, and absolute power tends absolutely to corrupt. Yet somebody has to be entrusted with power, and with the discretion to use it. Judges have great power over the lives and fortunes of citizens who get entangled with the law. Can they be entrusted to use it aright? I am more and more convinced that the essential quality in any judge is an inner integrity; it is desirable that he has judgement or wisdom, a good idea if he knows some law, useful if he has common sense to decide the relevant facts, but essential to have inner integrity. If he does not have it, how can he expect anyone else in court to have it? Is it so different in the world outside the law courts? Even in a set of lawyers chambers, setting an example is indispensable. The worst evil in any community is a corruption of consciousness in those who govern.

Before a man can hope to tackle the corruption of consciousness in others, he must be confident that any corruption of consciousness in himself has been, or will be overcome. So the question becomes, “What will happen when a man has this confidence?”.