IN A lecture on National Decay and Regeneration, Dr. Inge declared that “culture can hardly be developed unless there is a privileged class with leisure to cultivate the art of fine living.” There certainly cannot be a privileged class unless there is a class of helots condemned to a low standard of comfort in order that the privileged few may enjoy everything that is beautiful and in­spiring and luxurious. In other words, the many must die that the few may live. This is the doctrine taught by the French philosopher, Gobineau, who in many respects anticipated Nietzsche, and it implies the denial of the basic assertions of the Christian Faith. It would seem that the Dean of St. Paul’s would find himself in far closer agreement with the philosophy of the Renaissance than with the Sermon on the Mount. We do not believe that culture — the understanding and appreciation of the beautiful — is necessarily confined to persons of independent means. As a matter of fact, there is to-day as much, if not more, genuine culture to be found in the suburbs than in the plutocratic squares.