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A New York Mansion

           Yetuponarenewalperiodofatleasttwentyandpreferablyfiftyyearsdependedthefulfilmentofallthecolossalthingshehadbegunhisart-collection,hisnewmansion,hisgrowingprestigeasafinancier,hisrehabilitationsocially,andthecelebrationofhistriumphbyaunion,morganaticorotherwise,withsomeonewhowouldbeworthytosharehisthrone.

           Itiscurioushowthatfirstandmostpotenttendencyofthehumanmind,ambition,becomesfinallydominating.HerewasCowperwoodatfifty-seven,richbeyondthewildestdreamoftheaverageman,celebratedinalocalandinsomerespectsinanationalway,whowasneverthelessfeelingthatbynomeanshadhistrueaimsbeenachieved.Hewasnotyetall-powerfulaswerediversEasternmagnates,oreventhesefourorfivemagnificentlymoneyedmenhereinChicagowho,byploddingthoughtandlaborinmanydrearyfieldssuchasCowperwoodhimselffrequentlyscorned,hadreapedtremendousanduncontendedprofits.Howwasit,heaskedhimself,thathispathhadalmostconstantlybeenstrewnwithstormyoppositionandthreatenedcalamity?Wasitduetohisprivateimmorality?Othermenwereimmoral;themass,despitereligiousdogmaandfol-de-roltheoryimposedfromthetop,wasgenerallyso.Wasitnotratherduetohisinabilitytocontrolwithoutdominatingpersonallywithoutstandingoutfullyandclearlyinthesightofallmen?Sometimeshethoughtso.Thehumdrumconventionalworldcouldnotbrookhisdaring,hisinsouciance,hisconstantdesiretocallaspadeaspade.

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