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What do they care about being called dishonest—stingy—mean? Nothing. They "lay the flattering unction to their soul," and each soothes himself with the idea, I've got money in my pocket Their very attempt at honesty is a sore trial. Their maxim, make money honestly if you can but make money, is their moral pole star. They object to National Education, on principle, and say, let parents educate their brats out of their own pockets, what have we to do with them? Their system of politics is, take the taxes out of some other body's pockets, not out of ours; they are peace men and denounce war, because it touches their pocket—their religion is mammon—they worship the golden calf—most appropriate deity—they live unrespected, if not detested, yet, as this is a free country, each may have a monument erected to his memory, if he pays for it out of his own pocket.
