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“... his name immortal; een though the fool has had it
carved in stone on public edifice or shaft, he is as dead as is
the stone itself.
The king dies, and if the thing he stands for still survives,
some lackey, to another figurehead bows low, and, rising,
cries aloud: Long live the King!
The great financial master dies, and though with pharisaic
glee and much pretence, and gifts galore from his ill-gotten
gains, he has besought the world to place his name upon the
list of those who loved mankind, bis passing off amounts to...”
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