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           "Iobject,"saidBoyle,"toyourdictatorialmethodof—"

           Kinnanturnedhisbackonhimandsaid,"Listen,Wesley,myboyswon’tlikePointOne.IfIgettorunthings,I’llmakethemswallowit.Ifnot,not.Justmakeupyourmind."

           "Well—"saidMouch,andstopped.

           "ForChrist’ssake,Wesley,whataboutus?"yelledTaggart.

           "You’llcometome,"saidKinnan,"whenyou’llneedadealtofixtheBoard.ButI’llrunthatBoard.MeandWesley."

           "Doyouthinkthecountrywillstandforit?"yelledTaggart.

           "Stopkiddingyourself,"saidKinnan."Thecountry?Iftherearen’tanyprinciplesanymore—andIguessthedocisright,becausetheresurearen’t—iftherearen’tanyrulestothisgameandit’sonlyaquestionofwhorobswhom—thenI’vegotmorevotesthanthebunchofyou,therearemoreworkersthanemployers,anddon’tyouforgetit,boys!"

           "That’safunnyattitudetotake,"saidTaggarthaughtily,"aboutameasurewhich,afterall,isnotdesignedfortheselfishbenefitofworkersoremployers,butforthegeneralwelfareofthepublic."

           "Okay,"saidKinnanamiably,"let’stalkyourlingo.Whoisthepublic?Ifyougobyquality—thenitain’tyou,Jim,anditain’tOrrieBoyle.Ifyougobyquantity—thenitsureisme,becausequantityiswhatI’vegotbehindme.