▁social ism . ▁Their s ▁was ▁a ▁scholar ly ▁disposition , ▁and ▁shared ▁intellectual ism ▁ar oused ▁an ▁el it ist ▁cam ar ader ie . ▁Edu c ational ▁distinction ▁provided ▁the ▁group ▁with ▁a ▁sense ▁they ▁were ▁distinguished ▁from ▁the ▁public ▁and ▁public ▁servants ; ▁that ▁amongst ▁all ▁reform ists , ▁they ▁alone ▁possessed ▁the ▁expert ise ▁necessary ▁to ▁develop ▁correct ive ▁policies . ▁The ▁result ▁was ▁a ▁highly ▁principle d ▁and ▁el it ist ▁political ▁reform ism , ▁however ▁this ▁reform ism ▁was ▁not ▁sole ly ▁rational istic ▁in ▁origin . ▁ ▁The ▁tw in ▁incl in ations ▁of ▁intellectual ▁solid ar ity ▁and ▁moral ▁solid ar ity ▁motiv ated ▁these ▁academ ics . ▁They ▁were ▁end owed ▁not ▁only ▁with ▁higher ▁education , ▁but ▁also ▁a ▁belief ▁in ▁a ▁higher ▁purpose . ▁Mor al ism ▁was ▁important ▁to ▁the ▁group , ▁and ▁had ▁been ▁eng ender ed ▁through ▁lif el ong ▁religious ▁association . ▁Though ▁not ▁all ▁members ▁remained ▁religious ▁in ▁ad ul th ood , ▁most ▁had ▁been ▁influenced ▁by ▁religion ▁since ▁youth . ▁A ▁partial ▁survey ▁of ▁the ▁league ' s ▁leading ▁members ▁reve als ▁the ▁following ; ▁Frank ▁Under hill : ▁F la vel le ▁scholar , ▁raised ▁a ▁Pres by ter ian ; ▁F .   R . ▁Scott : ▁Rh odes ▁scholar , ▁son ▁of ▁an ▁arch de acon ; ▁Eug ene ▁For sey : ▁Rh odes ▁scholar , ▁son ▁of ▁a ▁Method ist ▁cl erg yman ; ▁Eric ▁A . ▁H avel ock :