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The Cataclysm

           ThatsectionofthepressformerlybeholdentoHandandSchryhartstoodoutasbitterlyasever;andmostoftheothernewspapers,beingundernoobligationtoEasterncapital,feltitthepartofwisdomtosupporttherankandfile.Themostsearchingandelaboratemathematicalexaminationswereconductedwithaviewtoshowingthefabulousprofitsofthestreetcartrustinfutureyears.ThefinehandofEasternbanking-houseswasdetectedandtheirsinistermotivesnoisedabroad."Millionsforeverybodyinthetrust,butnotonecentforChicago,"wastheInquirer’swayofputtingit.CertainaltruistsofthecommunitywerebynowsoarousedthatinthedestructionofCowperwoodtheysawtheirdutytoGod,tohumanity,andtodemocracystraightandclear.Theheavenshadoncemoreopened,andtheysawagreatlight.Ontheotherhandthepoliticiansthoseinofficeoutsidethemayorconstitutedapettybandofguerrillasorfree-booterswho,likehungryswineshutinapen,werereadytofalluponanyandallpropositionsbroughttotheirattentionwithbutoneendinview:thattheymighteat,andeatheartily.Intimesofgreatopportunityandcontestforprivilegelifealwayssinkstoitslowestdepthsofmaterialismandrisesatthesametimetoitshighestreachesoftheideal.Whenthewavesoftheseaaremosttoweringitshollowsaremostawesome.

           Finallythesummerpassed,thecouncilassembled,andwiththefirstbreathofautumnchilltheveryairofthecitywastouchedbyapremonitionofcontest.

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