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It was supposed that the working classes were in favour of Melmotte, partly from their love of a man who spends a great deal of money, partly from the belief that he was being ill-used - partly, no doubt, from that occult sympathy which Is felt for crime, when the crime committed is injurious to the upper classes.
(So much could be said of trump today!)
— Jul 25, 2025 11:14PM
(So much could be said of trump today!)
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P250. If a thing can be made great and beneficent, a boon to humanity, simply by creating a belief in it, does not a man become a benefactor to his face by creating that belief?
At the expense of veracity? suggested Mr. Booker.
At the expense of anything? rejoined Lady Carbury with energy. One cannot measure such men by the ordinary rule.
You would do evil to produce good?
— Jul 18, 2025 12:32AM
At the expense of veracity? suggested Mr. Booker.
At the expense of anything? rejoined Lady Carbury with energy. One cannot measure such men by the ordinary rule.
You would do evil to produce good?
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‘Such a man rises above honesty,” said Mrs. Hurtle,’ asa great general rises above humanity when he sacrifices an army to conquer a nation. Such greatness is incompatible with small scruples. A pigmy man is stopped by a little ditch, but a giant stalks over the rivers. ‘
Continues pp220-221 - this is trump….
— Jul 16, 2025 11:43PM
Continues pp220-221 - this is trump….
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“Ah I have heard of him. He is a great man-a Frenchman- is he not?…you know him of course?”
‘Yes I know him. I see him once a week. ‘
‘I would sooner see that man than your Queen, or any of your dukes or lords. They tell me that he holds the world of commerce in his right hand. What power-what grandeur!’
‘Grand enough,’ said Paul, ‘if it all came honestly. ‘
— Jul 16, 2025 11:43PM
‘Yes I know him. I see him once a week. ‘
‘I would sooner see that man than your Queen, or any of your dukes or lords. They tell me that he holds the world of commerce in his right hand. What power-what grandeur!’
‘Grand enough,’ said Paul, ‘if it all came honestly. ‘
