I have no mystic faith in the people. I have in the individual.

Forster contrasts abstract collectivities (“the people”) with concrete persons (“the individual”). The phrase “mystic faith” suggests a quasi-religious reverence for mass opinion or popular will—an attitude he rejects as sentimental and potentially dangerous, since crowds and slogans can erase nuance and justify coercion. By placing his trust in the individual, Forster aligns himself with liberal humanism: moral and political judgment should begin from personal conscience, particular relationships, and the irreducible complexity of a single life. The line also resonates with his recurring suspicion of nationalism and ideological movements, which can demand loyalty to an imagined collective over humane obligations to actual people.