In this connection it is worthy of notice that the possibility of producing patho- logical and other idiosyncrasies of person and manner by shrewd mimicry and a sys- tematic drill have been turned to account in the deliberate production of a cultured class — often with a very happy effect. In this way, by the process vulgarly known as snobbery, a syncopated evolution of gentle birth and breeding is achieved in the case of a goodly number of families and lines of descent. This syncopated gentle birth gives results which, in point of serviceability as a leisure-class factor in the popula- tion, are in no wise substantially inferior to others who may have had a longer but less arduous training in the pecuniary properties.