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Nothing in this world is palled in such impenetrable obscurity as a U.S. Treasury Comptroller's understanding.
The government of my country snubs honest simplicity but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year or two.
like the rest of the world, I still go on underrating men of gold and glorifying men of mica. Commonplace human nature cannot rise above that.
The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty, and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury.
it was plain to see that the young girls were taking note of what each other had on, as naturally as if they had always lived in a land of Bibles and knew what churches were made for; here was the evidence of a dawning civilization.
