"Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things." This essay originated

"Of all the passions, the passion for the Inner Ring is most skillful in making a man who is not yet a very bad man do very bad things." This essay originated as the Memorial Lecture at King’s College, University of London. Absolutely essential reading. I discovered it as an undergrad and it's possibly more relevant today than it was in 1944.