"Money isn't the only stimulus that brings out the best that's in a man, even in America." "You said a while ago that it was." "It is, right now.

But if it were made illegal to have more than a certain amount the best men would all flock for the one other reward which attracts humanity--honor." The big man made a sound that was very like _boo_.
"That's the silliest thing you've said yet." "No, it isn't silly.

It's quite plausible.

If you'd gone to college you'd have been struck by the fact that the men there would work twice as hard for any one of a hundred petty honors as those other men did who were earning their way through." "Kids--child's play!" scoffed his antagonist.
"Not by a darned sight--unless we're all children.

Did you ever see a grown man when he's trying for a secret society--or a rising family whose name is up at some club?
They'll jump when they hear the sound of the word.