The guarantee doubtless lies rather in the extra insight which the delegates have, first of all into the activities of those officials who are less visible to their superiors, and in particular into the more urgent and specialized needs and deficiencies which they the delegates see in concrete form before their eyes; and secondly, it lies in the effect which the expectation of criticism, indeed of public criticism, at the hands of the many has in compelling the officials to apply their best insights, even before they start, to their functions and to the plans they intend to submit, and to put these into effect only in accordance with the purest of motives.