Herbert Spencer. This is partially perceived by Spencer himself.
Illustrations from his works.

Ludicrous attempts, on the part of socialistic writers, to apply
the speculative generalisations of sociology to the practical
position of individual men.

The climax of absurdity reached by Mr. Sidney Webb.


CHAPTER IX

THE ULTIMATE DIFFICULTY, CONTINUED.
ABILITY AND INDIVIDUAL MOTIVE

The individual motives of the able man as dealt with directly by
modern socialists.

They abandon their sociological ineptitudes altogether, and
betake themselves to a psychology which they declare to be
scientific, but which is based on no analysis of facts, and
consists really of loose assumptions and false analogies.

Their treatment of the motives of the artist, the thinker, the
religious enthusiast, and the soldier.

Their unscientific treatment of the soldier's motive, and their
fantastic proposal based on it to transfer this motive from the
domain of war to that of industry.