They themselves constitute the only efficient source of really formative education.

In so far as a public is lacking, a public must be created.

They must mold their followers after their own likeness--as all aspirants after the higher individual eminence have always been obliged to do.
The manner in which the result is to be brought about may be traced by considering the case of the contemporary American architect--a case which is typical because, while popular architectural preferences are inferior, the very existence of the architect depends upon his ability to please a considerable number of clients.

The average well-trained architect in good standing meets this situation by designing as well as he can, consistent with the building-up an abundant and lucrative practice.

There are doubtless certain things which he would not do even to get or keep a job; but on the whole it is not unfair to say that his first object is to get and to keep the job, and his second to do good work.