NOW that the State has grown to such enormous dimensions, the ordinary private citizen, who only comes in direct contact with the central Government at two or tliree points, is apt to resent paying taxes to support a Government that seems remote and meaningless to him. In this series of talks Captain Ellis, who is Secretary to the National Council of Social Service, will remind us how much we really owe to government (quite apart from the political complexion and activities of the Government actually in power).