Under  any  known  phase  of  culture,  other  or  later
than  the  presumptive  initial  phase  here  spoken  of,  the
gifts  of  good-nature,  equity,  and  indiscriminate  sym-
pathy do  not  appreciably  further  the  life  of  the  indi-
vidual. Their  possession  may  serve  to  protect  the
individual  from  hard  usage  at  the  hands  of  a  majority
that  insists  on  a  modicum  of  these  ingredients  in  their
ideal  of  a  normal  man ;  but  apart  from  their  indirect
and  negative  effect  in  this  way,  the  individual  fares
better  under  the  regime  of  competition  in  proportion
as  he  has  less  of  these  gifts.  Freedom  from  scruple,
from  sympathy,  honesty  and  regard  for  life,  may,  within
fairly  wide  limits,  be  said  to  further  the  success  of  the
individual  in  the  pecuniary  culture.  The  highly  suc-
cessful men  of  all  times  have  commonly  been  of  this
type ;  except  those  whose  success  has  not  been  scored
in  terms  of  either  wealth  or  power.  It  is  only  within
narrow  limits,  and  then  only  in  a  Pickwickian  sense,
that  honesty  is  the  best  policy.
