human
And if anybody _is_ to have protection here, Arthur, why shouldn’t we? Who has a better right to it? Our warrants of occupation were extorted from the Iroquois. We fought the Indian, we fought the French, we fought the English----
gpt
Was there anybody you didn’t fight?
human
We put up our credit in Paris and Amsterdam for the colonies and for the Federal Government when the colonies and the Federal Government had none. Then along comes a little coterie of steel men in our own day, Kimberly tossed his head with disdainful impatience,
gpt
Picturesque old pirate,
human
And he needs the money, commented De Castro.
gpt
Why quarrel with him?
human
I am sure you will all pledge the sugar business, continued Kimberly, raising a refilled glass blandly,
gpt
What do you use on competitors, the rack and dungeon?
human
Nothing that savors of them.
gpt
But you take care of competition,
human
Certainly we do, interposed McCrea, quickly and frankly.
gpt
But without unnecessary cruelty, as Mr. Robert Kimberly puts it. No man that ever fought the company and had horse-sense has ever starved to death. We can use such a man’s talents better than he can, and very often he comes into camp and becomes our teacher; that has happened. Our system of combination has brought comforts and luxuries into thousands of homes that never would have known them under the waste of competition. Hundreds and thousands of men have profited by uniting their efforts with ours. And no man that wasn’t a business lunatic has ever been the worse for anything we’ve done.
human
Your husband talks well, Mrs. McCrea,
gpt
He has had able teachers,
human
No, it is because he believes in himself. It’s a great thing to be able to believe in yourself.
gpt
Don’t you?
human
Far from it.
gpt
You’ve made a good many others believe in you.
human
Not always for their own best interests, I’m afraid.
gpt
Yes, I know, Dolly was saying to those of the women who were listening to her,
human
Yes, and they’ll tell you silver, every time,
gpt
Gold is so common,
human
Not more so than lapis,
gpt
But isn’t that the glory of gold, suggested Robert,
human
He is here,