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society was really just like the houses it lived in: a muddle of misapplied ornament over a thin steel shell of utility. The steel shell was built up in Wall Street, the social trimmings were hastily added in Fifth Ave; and the union between them was as monstrous and factitious, . . . unlike the gradual homogeneous growth which flowers into what other countries know as society
— Feb 16, 2026 01:44PM
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But his marital education had since made strides, and he now knew that a disregard for money may imply not the willingness to get on without it but merely the blind confidence that it will somehow be provided.
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All was blurred and puzzling to the girl in this world of half-lights, half-tones, eliminations and abbreviations; and she felt a violent longing to brush away the cobwebs and assert herself as the dominant figure of the scene.
— Feb 14, 2026 02:56PM
