Финансист

Chapter XL

           Itamusedhimtoheartheethicalandemotionalplatitudesoflawyers,toseehowreadilytheywouldlie,steal,prevaricate,misrepresentinalmostanycauseandforanypurpose.Greatlawyersweremerelygreatunscrupuloussubtleties,likehimself,sittingbackindark,close-wovenlairslikespidersandawaitingtheapproachofunwaryhumanflies.Lifewasatbestadark,inhuman,unkind,unsympatheticstrugglebuiltofcrueltiesandthelaw,anditslawyerswerethemostdespicablerepresentativesofthewholeunsatisfactorymess.Stillheusedlawashewoulduseanyothertraporweapontoridhimofahumanill;andasforlawyers,hepickedthemupashewouldanycluborknifewherewithtodefendhimself.HehadnoparticularrespectforanyofthemnotevenHarperSteger,thoughhelikedhim.Theyweretoolstobeusedknives,keys,clubs,anythingyouwill;butnothingmore.Whentheywerethroughtheywerepaidanddroppedputasideandforgotten.Asforjudges,theyweremerelyincompetentlawyers,atarule,whowereshelvedbysomefortunateturnofchance,andwhowouldnot,inalllikelihood,beasefficientasthelawyerswhopleadedbeforethemiftheywereputinthesameposition.Hehadnorespectforjudgesheknewtoomuchaboutthem.Heknewhowoftentheyweresycophants,politicalclimbers,politicalhacks,tools,time-servers,judicialdoor-matslyingbeforethefinanciallyandpoliticallygreatandpowerfulwhousedthemassuch.Judgeswerefools,asweremostotherpeopleinthisdusty,shiftyworld.

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