Финансист

Chapter XIX

           "Tothedevilwithsuchalife!Whytwelveyears?Whynotattheendofthesecondorthird?"

           Again,itwassoveryevident,insomanyways,thatforcewastheanswergreatmentalandphysicalforce.Why,thesegiantsofcommerceandmoneycoulddoastheypleasedinthislife,anddid.Hehadalreadyhadamplelocalevidenceofitinmorethanonedirection.Worsethelittleguardiansofso-calledlawandmorality,thenewspapers,thepreachers,thepolice,andthepublicmoralistsgenerally,soloudintheirdenunciationofevilinhumbleplaces,werecowardsallwhenitcametocorruptioninhighones.Theydidnotdaretoutterafeeblesqueakuntilsomegianthadaccidentallyfallenandtheycoulddosowithoutdangertothemselves.Then,OHeavens,thepalaver!Whatbeatingsoftom-toms!Whatmouthingsofpharisaicalmoralitiesplatitudes!Runnow,goodpeople,foryoumayseeclearlyhowevilisdealtwithinhighplaces!Itmadehimsmile.Suchhypocrisy!Suchcant!Still,sotheworldwasorganized,anditwasnotforhimtosetitright.Letitwagasitwould.Thethingforhimtodowastogetrichandholdhisowntobuildupaseemingofvirtueanddignitywhichwouldpassmusterforthegenuinething.Forcewoulddothat.Quicknessofwit.Andhehadthese."Isatisfymyself,"washismotto;anditmightwellhavebeenemblazoneduponanycoatofarmswhichhecouldhavecontrivedtosetforthhisclaimtointellectualandsocialnobility.

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