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The Egotist Becomes a Personage
Weeklycanhaveabetterlimousinethanthoseoilpeopleacrossthestreetorthosecementpeople’roundthecorner."
"Whynot?"
"Itmakeswealthymenthekeepersoftheworld’sintellectualconscienceand,ofcourse,amanwhohasmoneyunderonesetofsocialinstitutionsquitenaturallycan’triskhisfamily’shappinessbylettingtheclamorforanotherappearinhisnewspaper."
"Butitappears,"saidthebigman.
"Where?—inthediscreditedmediums.Rottencheap-paperedweeklies."
"Allright—goon."
"Well,myfirstpointisthatthroughamixtureofconditionsofwhichthefamilyisthefirst,therearethesetwosortsofbrains.Onesorttakeshumannatureasitfindsit,usesitstimidity,itsweakness,anditsstrengthforitsownends.Opposedisthemanwho,beingspirituallyunmarried,continuallyseeksfornewsystemsthatwillcontrolorcounteracthumannature.Hisproblemisharder.Itisnotlifethat’scomplicated,it’sthestruggletoguideandcontrollife.Thatishisstruggle.Heisapartofprogress—thespirituallymarriedmanisnot."
Thebigmanproducedthreebigcigars,andprofferedthemonhishugepalm.Thelittlemantookone,Amoryshookhisheadandreachedforacigarette.
"Goontalking,"saidthebigman."I’vebeenwantingtohearoneofyoufellows."
