Society, then, if great men are to work in it, must be so constituted as 



to make the reward they desire possible .... 274 



In so doing society makes a contract with its great men ; . . 274 



and this is a contract which is being constantly revised . . 275 



The great men themselves are the ultimate fixers of their own price . 276 

 Here is the final proof that living great men, not past conditions, are 



the causes practically involved in progress . . . 276 



Thus living great men are masters of the situation . . . 277 

 because no one can tell that they have exceptional powers till they 



choose to show them ...... 277 



They cannot, therefore, be coerced from without, like ordinary workers 278 



They must be induced to work by a reward .... 278 



which they themselves feel to be sufficient .... 279 



Hence the great man's character and requirements impress themselves 



on the structure of society ...... 279 



This is what socialists constantly forget .... 280 



and they propose to equalise matters by not offering great men any 



exceptional reward . . . . . .281 



They forget to ask whether, under these circumstances, great men 



would exercise or reveal their exceptional powers at all . . 281 



Exceptional rewards are essential to exceptional action . . 282 



We must inquire what the required exceptional rewards are . . 283 



CHAPTER II 

 THE MOTIVES OF THE EXCEPTIONAL WEALTH-PRODUCER 



Socialists, though often forgetting the necessity of exceptional motives, 



often remember it, ...... 285 



and endeavour to show that socialistic society would have sufficient 



rewards to offer to its great men, . . . . . 284 



such as the pleasure of doing good, of excelling, and of receiving 



honour ........ 285 



The fundamental question is, will such rewards as these stimulate 



great men to wealth-production ? . . . . . 285 



Is the enjoyment of exceptional wealth superfluous as a motive to pro- 

 ducing it ? . . . . . . . 286 



If it is so, it is for the socialists to prove that it is so ;. . . 286 



