Concerning A Wife And Family

           IfanyonefanciesforamomentthatthiscommercialmoveonthepartofCowperwoodwaseitherhastyorill-consideredtheybutlittleappreciatetheincisive,apprehensivepsychologyoftheman.Histhoughtsastolifeandcontrol(temperedandhardenedbythirteenmonthsofreflectionintheEasternDistrictPenitentiary)hadgivenhimafixedpolicy.Hecould,should,andwouldrulealone.Nomanmusteveragainhavetheleastclaimonhimsavethatofasuppliant.HewantednomoredangerouscombinationssuchashehadhadwithStener,themanthroughwhomhehadlostsomuchinPhiladelphia,andothers.Byrightoffinancialintellectandcouragehewasfirst,andwouldsoproveit.Menmustswingaroundhimasplanetsaroundthesun.

           Moreover,sincehisfallfromgraceinPhiladelphiahehadcometothinkthatneveragain,perhaps,couldhehopetobecomesociallyacceptableinthesenseinwhichtheso-calledbestsocietyofacityinterpretsthephrase;andponderingoverthisatoddmoments,herealizedthathisfuturealliesinallprobabilitywouldnotbeamongtherichandsociallyimportanttheclannish,snobbishelementsofsocietybutamongthebeginnersandfinanciallystrongmenwhohadcomeorwerecomingupfromthebottom,andwhohadnosocialhopeswhatsoever.Thereweremanysuch.Ifthroughluckandefforthebecamesufficientlypowerfulfinanciallyhemightthenhopetodictatetosociety.

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