the possession of a purpose of sufficient strength to call the powers at command into co-ordination. The man with a standard will persistently work to attain the standard whether his time be at his command or not. To have a scale of values revealing an end that is worth while is to be superior to time and to many other conditions, intent on realising the ideal.

In other words, the mere conditions of work are never decisive in any sphere. The chief factor is the workman. For each class, type, temperament, vocation, or profession, there is an art. He who loves his work will find a way to do it well. He who thinks can master the art which his specialism implies. For every labourer, however oppressed, there are the relaxations and compensations of the mental world. Of very great importance for every one is the discovery that a rebellious attitude, inner friction, a spirit of driving haste, exhausts the energies far more rapidly than the merely physical exertion. He labours well who works rhythmically with a contented mind. The economic problems that remain to be solved can best be considered on other occasions, when the distress they cause shall not mar the hours of labour.