XVI INTRODUCTION 



opment, as though the increase of the mere means 

 of existence necessarily made the life of any man 

 better worth the living; as though such increase 

 might not be made through the sacrifice of the 

 best things in the world. 



The same error lies at the bottom of our wor- 

 ship of success. Has the man done things ? Has 

 he amassed a great fortune ? Has he risen to a 

 high office? Has he made himself master of his 

 party ? Has he changed the map of the world ? 

 We ask, in a word, not what he is, but what out- 

 ward success he has achieved, and if that success 

 be great enough, we are perfectly willing to ex- 

 cuse him for any violence, no matter how great, 

 which he has done to his own best self. 



That is why we lay such undue stress on mere 

 cleverness, pure intellectual ability. If you would 

 get music, or drawing, or painting, or any form of 

 art in the course of study in our schools and col- 

 leges, you must show that it develops the intel- 

 lect, and thereby increases the power to do things. 

 Say that the past generations of the race have be- 

 queathed to us a noble inheritance in music, paint- 

 ing, literature, and that it is our business to enter 

 upon that inheritance not simply because of any 

 use we can put it to, or any power it will develop 



