Ihavementionedthefactthat，about40or50yearsago，anycultivatedforeignersettlinginEnglandwasstruckbywhathewasthenboundtoconsiderthereligiousbigotryandstupidityoftheEnglishrespectablemiddle—class。
IamnowgoingtoprovethattherespectableEnglishmiddle—classofthattimewasnotquiteasstupidasitlookedtotheintelligentforeigner。
Itsreligiousleaningscanbeexplained。
Notes（1VorwartsexistedinLeipzigfrom1876—78，aftertheGothaUnificationCongress。
[2]\"Qual\"isaphilosophicalplayuponwords。Qualliterallymeanstorture，apainwhichdrivestoactionofsomekind；atthesametime，themysticBohmeputsintotheGermanwordsomethingofthemeaningoftheLatinqualitas；