capitalist dream, and this book of Mr. Angell's may in a sense other
than that the author intended be appropriately named "The Great
Illusion."


II


The limits of this essay do not admit of detailed examination of the
book named. What I propose to do is make characteristic extracts
sufficiently full to let the reader form judgment. As we are only
concerned for the present with the danger I mention, I take particular
notice of Mr. Angell's book, and I refer the reader for further study to
the original. But the charge of taking an accidental line from its
context cannot be made here, as the extracts are numerous, the tendency
of all alike, and more of the same nature can be found. I divide the
extracts into three groups, which I name:


1. The Ethics of the Case.

2. The Power of Money.

3. The Deal.


Where italics are used they are mine.

1. THE ETHICS OF THE CASE.--"The real basis of Social Morality is
self-interest." ("The Great Illusion," 3rd Ed., p. 66.) "Have we not