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Mr. Frederic Harrison has urged a similar argument . . . 299 



The answer to this is that the work of the soldier is exceptional ; . 300 

 and we cannot argue from it to the work of ordinary life . . 301 



The fighting instinct is inherent in the dominant races, . . 302 



in a way in which the industrial instinct is not . . . 303 



And even in war those who make the prolonged intellectual efforts 



required, ask for themselves other rewards besides honour . 303 



Still more will the great wealth -producers do so . . . 304 



There is therefore nothing to show that these other motives will super- 

 sede the desire of wealth ...... 304 



What they really do, and what socialists fail to see, is to mix with the 



desire for wealth, and add to its efficiency . . . 304 



As the desire of wealth has mixed with other desires in men like 



Bacon, Rubens, etc. ... . . 305 



For in saying that the desire of wealth is essential as a motive to 

 wealth-production we do not mean the desire of wealth for its 

 own sake, .... . . 305 



or for the sake of physical gratification . . . -. 306 



This forms a small part of its desirability .... 306 



It is desired mainly as a means to power, and to those very pleasures 



which socialists offer instead of it . . . . . 307 



The great wealth - producers, susceptible to the motives on which 

 socialists dwell, will desire exceptional wealth all the more because 

 of them ........ 3& 



It is argued, however, by semi-socialists that the actual producer may 

 be allowed the income he produces, but that this must end with 

 his life, and not be passed on to his family as interest on bequeathed 

 capital ........ 309 



It is claimed that this arrangement would coincide with abstract justice, 310 

 for it is argued that all wealth which is not worked for must be stolen 310 

 This is utterly untrue, as the case of flocks and herds shows us ; . 311 



but the chief producer of wealth that is not worked for is capital, 



which is past productive ability stored up and externalised . 311 



The dart of a savage hunter, . . . . . .312 



the manure heap or cart horse of a peasant, . . . . 312 



are forms of capital which actually produce, and the product belongs 



to those who own them ...... 313 



The same is the case with such 'capital as engines and manufacturing 



plant ........ 313 



