§ 16

Agitators have never led a country as a whole, they have infected the less enlightened members of it with discontent, perhaps with imitable frenzy, but never have they turned the course of the stream of progress permanently.

Agitators ruffle the surface of the waters as little boys blow upon it, thinking they are creating a storm, which, however, is only severe enough to upset toy ships; only so far are they really dangerous. Agitators may roar against capitalists, but they cannot do without them; indeed, their Utopia would be to become capitalists. When capital says, “I will not be wasted,” and Labour says, “My work shall not be destroyed because it is part of my best self which I reverence,” we shall be on the high road to national and international peace.