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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine: the twentieth century polish of selfishness, with an inordinate
appetite for success. Certainly he looked every inch a winner.
"I believe you could do it. You're not too scrupulous to look out
for yourself." Her daring impudence mocked him lightly.
"I'm not so sure about that." James liked to look his conscience
in the face occasionally. "I respect the rights of my fellows. In
the money centers you can't do that and win. And you've got to
win. It doesn't matter how. Make good-- make good! Get money--any
way you can. People will soon forget how you got it, if you have
it."
"Dear me! I didn't know you were so given to moral reflections."
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