Sir,

No doubt every reader of The Lancet will have enjoyed Dean Inge's eloquent address ­ the Lloyd Roberts lecture, published on Nov. 27th. No doubt, also, they will regard his pessimistic view of the situation with apprehension, provided they consider that his deductions are based upon an accurate interpretation of existing conditions. That Dean Inge would have spoken with equal pessimism at any period of our history is ever my impression when reading his opinions. Unfortunately, like most other writers upon the welfare of our race, the Dean does not offer any remedies save those which have done duty, since social problems first obtruded themselves. The only way out of the difficulty that I have met with is contained in the writings of Mr. Matthias Alexander, whose Man's Supreme Inheritance and Constructive Conscious Control I would earnestly recommend to Dean Inge as antidote.

I am, Sir, yours faithfully,
Macleod Yearsley

Wimpole-street, W., Nov. 29th, 1926