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Chapter 4

           Wisemeninallageshavedonetheirbesttomakeitlessridiculouswithnoresult,inasmuchasitcontinuestopreferfollytowisdom.Afootball,orletussayashuttlecockamongworlds,readytobetossedupanyhowandanywhere,providedthebattledorebeofgold!"

           "Youspeakatriflebitterly,prince"Isaid"Butnodoubtyouhavehadawideexperienceamongmen?"

           "Ihave,"hereturnedwithemphasis"Mykingdomisavastone."

           "Youarearulingpowerthen?"Iexclaimedwithsomeastonishment"Yoursisnotatitleofhonouronly?"

           "Oh,asyourrulesofaristocracygo,itisameretitleofhonour"herepliedquickly"WhenIsaythatmykingdomisavastone,ImeanthatIrulewherevermenobeytheinfluenceofwealth.Fromthispointofview,amIwrongincallingmykingdomvast?isitnotalmostboundless?"

           "Iperceiveyouareacynic,"Isaid"Yetsurelyyoubelievethattherearesomethingswealthcannotbuyhonourandvirtueforexample?"

           Hesurveyedmewithawhimsicalsmile.

           "Isupposehonourandvirtuedoexist"heanswered"Andwhentheyareexistentofcoursetheycannotbebought.ButmyexperiencehastaughtmethatIcanalwaysbuyeverything.Thesentimentscalledhonourandvirtuebythemajorityofmenarethemostshiftythingsimaginablesetsufficientcashdown,andtheybecomebriberyandcorruptioninthetwinklingofaneye!Curiousverycurious.IconfessIfoundacaseofunpurchaseableintegrityonce,butonlyonce.

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