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The Power of the Press

           Cowperwoodwasnowenteringuponagreatpubliccareer,andthevariouseditorsandpublicpersonalitiesofthecitywerewatchinghimwithinterest.AugustusM.Haguenin,afreeagentwithhisorgan,thePress,andyetnotfree,either,becausehewasharnessedtothenecessityofmakinghispaperpay,wasmostinterested.LackingthecommandingmagnetismofamanlikeMacDonald,hewasneverthelessanhonestman,well-intentioned,thoughtful,careful.Haguenin,eversincetheoutcomeofCowperwood’sgastransaction,hadbeenintenselyinterestedinthelatter’scareer.ItseemedtohimthatCowperwoodwasprobablydestinedtobecomeasignificantfigure.Raw,glitteringforce,however,compoundedofthecruelMachiavellianismofnature,ifitbebutMachiavellian,seemstoexerciseaprofoundattractionfortheconventionallyrooted.Yourcautiouscitizenofaveragemeans,lookingoutthroughtheeyeofhisdullworldofseemingfact,isoftenthefirsttoforgiveorcondonethegrimbutcheriesoftheorybywhichthestrongrise.Haguenin,observingCowperwood,conceivedofhimasamanperhapsasmuchsinnedagainstassinning,amanwhowouldbefaithfultofriends,onewhocouldberelieduponinhoursofgreatstress.Asithappened,theHagueninswereneighborsoftheCowperwoods,andsincethosedayswhenthelatterhadattemptedunsuccessfullytoenterChicagosocietythisfamilyhadbeenasacceptableasanyofthosewhohadremainedfriendly.

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