on the conditions that make for success as the fruition of the whole of life. This need not mean the neglect of practical considerations. It is understood that "the labourer is worthy of his hire." But it is equally clear that an enterprise is no less successful merely because it brings money. The luxuriously wealthy may still cherish the notion that money can purchase whatever life holds of value. Meanwhile, it is plain to any number of others that success is purchasable only in terms of wisdom, conduct, character. This implies the conviction that life exists for a certain purpose, that there are laws which secure success even though external and financial conditions be adverse.

In the foregoing chapters we have been considering the elements of efficiency from the point of view of mental principles. What remains is to bring together certain of these elements so as to show their bearing on success through character. The most important of these psychological considerations turn on the acceptance of qualitative as opposed to merely quantitative values. It is not the mere time we spend, the amount of work we do, but the attention we give to details, the concentration through which we bring many means to bear on one end, the incentive which enlists our energy in full measure. These values we have summarised more explicitly under the head of the