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That reminded him of Erbstein the Banker, who had bidden him put his trust in them. Would the Banker be more susceptible now, under this disillusionment? Alas! the question was, could a Banker be disillusioned? To be disillusioned is to admit having been mistaken, and Bankers, like Popes, were infallible.
Erbstein as an argufier and that my arguments made his look like ten cents. I won easily on five ballots and Mr. Erbstein has never forgave me. "But I'll go on about the qualifications. First of all, I never read newspapers. Never. No juror should ought to know anything about anything that's going on. I found that out in my youth when I first started in.
You might say that all human nature is the same. But it's my experience that some is more so than others. "Well, when you know human nature the next step is to figure out about lawyers. Lawyers as a whole is the hardest nut the juror has to crack. To begin with, they're deceivin', and if you let them they'll take advantage of your credulity. There's Mr. Erbstein, for instance, the criminal lawyer.
Still intent on the sinews of war, he sallied out after breakfast, and approached Erbstein the Banker. Erbstein held up his hands. 'But I've just given a thousand roubles to guard us from a pogrom! 'That was for the Governor. Give me only a hundred for Self-Defence. The Banker puffed tranquilly at his big cigar. 'But our rights are bound to come in the end. We can only get them gradually.
Full rights now are nonsense impossible. It is bad tactics to ask for what you cannot get. Only in common with Russia can our emancipation 'I am not talking of our rights, but of our lives. David grew impatient. Being a Banker, Erbstein never listened, though he invariably replied. His success in finance had made him an authority upon religion and politics.
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