![]() ![]() I began shortly to see the truth of what he had told me – men licking the hand of riches with the tongue of flattery men so stricken with the itch of vanity that they grovelled for the touch of praise men even who would do perjury for applause. I had nothing to do and went home reflecting upon all the great man had said. He had to go to the office that evening, and I came away soon after dinner. ![]() He laughed heartily at this example of fervid eloquence, and then we rose from the table. One orator spoke of “rolling back the tide of fanaticism that finds its root in the conscience of the people.” Their metaphors are as bad as their morals. It was slaughtered, roasted, made into mincemeat and devoured. Everybody slashed it with his knife and jabbed it with his fork. ‘Serious trouble comingl The Charleston dinner yesterday was a feast of treason and a flow of criminal rhetoric. ‘Anything new in the South?’Mrs Greeley enquired. He put his big arm around her and that gentle, permanent smile of his broadened as he kissed her and patted her red cheek. ![]() One of his children – a little girl – came and stood close to him as he spoke. A man cannot be strong unless he is genuine. Many a fellow is pretending to be what he isn t. ![]()
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