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Cowperwood and the Governor

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           Inthemeantimethegovernorhadheardthewhisperof"boodle"—awordofthedayexpressiveofacorruptlegislativefund.Notatallasmall-mindedman,norinvolvedinthefinancialcampaignbeingwagedagainstCowperwood,norinclinedtobeinfluencedmentallyoremotionallybysuperheatedchargesagainstthelatter,heneverthelessspeculateddeeply.InavaguewayhesensedthedreamsofCowperwood.Thechargeofseducingwomensofrequentlymadeagainstthestreet-railwaymagnate,soshockingtotheyokedconventionalists,didnotdisturbhimatall.BackoftheonwardsweepofthegenerationshehimselfsensedthemysticAphroditeandhermagic.HerealizedthatCowperwoodhadtraveledfast—thathewaspressingtotheutmostagreatadvantageinthefaceofgreatobstacles.Atthesametimeheknewthatthepresentstreet-carserviceofChicagowasbynomeansbad.WouldhebeprovingunfaithfultothetrustimposedonhimbythegreatelectorateofIllinoisifheweretoadvantageCowperwood’scause?Musthenotratherinthesightofallmensmokeouttheanimatingcauseshere—greed,over-weeningambition,colossalself-interestasopposedtotheselflessnessofaChristianidealandofademocratictheoryofgovernment?

           Liferisestoahighplaneofthedramatic,andhenceoftheartistic,wheneverandwhereverintheconflictregardingmaterialpossessionthereentersaconceptionoftheideal.

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