Theveryrichareneitheraristocratsnorself-mademen；theyareaccidents——orrathercalamities。Allrevolutionarylanguageisagenerationbehindthetimesintalkingoftheirfutility。A
revolutionistwouldsaywithperfecttruththatcoal-ownersknownexttonothingaboutcoal-mining。Butwearepastthatpoint。Coal-ownersknownexttonothingaboutcoal-owning。Theydonotdevelopanddefendthenatureoftheirownmonopolywithanyconsistentandcourageouspolicy，howeverwicked，asdidtheoldaristocratswiththemonopolyofland。Theyhavenotthevirtuesnoreventhevicesoftyrants；theyhaveonlytheirpowers。Itisthesamewithallthepowerfulofto-day；itisthesame，forinstance，withthehigh-placedandhigh-paidofficial。Notonlyisthejudgenotjudicial，butthearbiterisnotevenarbitrary。
Thearbiterdecides，notbysomegustofjusticeorinjusticeinhissoulliketheolddespotdoomingmenunderatree，butbythepermanentclimateoftheclasstowhichhehappenstobelong。Theancientwigofthejudgeisoftenindistinguishablefromtheoldwigoftheflunkey。
Tojudgeaboutsuccessorfailureonemustseethingsverysimply；onemustseetheminmasses，astheartist，halfclosinghiseyesagainstdetails，seeslightandshade。Thatistheonlywayinwhichajustjudgmentcanbeformedastowhetheranydepartureordevelopment，suchasIslamortheAmericanRepublic，hasbeenabenefituponthewhole。
Seenclose，suchgreaterectionsalwaysaboundiningeniousdetailandimpressivesolidity；itisonlybyseeingthemafaroffthatonecantelliftheTowerleans。