... the differences in the resulting behaviour. The relation between the outer world and the individual is gravely misconstrued by the assumption that this world registers upon us all in about the same way, that the real differences between people are differences in what is done about this world. The contemporary point of view . . . has involved emphasis upon the basic notion that every individual lives in a more or less 'private world' . . . ; there is no standard objective world except through our slow yielding to a rather painful compromise process . . . that is less coercive, less 'final,' than the private world." Murphy's message will be recognisable to anyone who has ever assessed individuals' behaviour in a mass recruitment situation - and seen how many varied reactions to the same basic points there are. Only a foolish individual believes that a group will react to ...

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