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"Don't you agree," he was asked, "that tailors are a conscienceless and extortionate class?" "No," he answered, still smiling; "how could I? You see, I'm in love with mine."
Charles of Anjou was the latest and most efficient champion of the papal cause; and he lives in history as the forerunner of the conscienceless and shameless statesmanship of the Renaissance epoch.
So when the railroad found it could not be dispensed with, it grew dissatisfied with the size of its earnings. Legitimate profits were not enough. Its directors cried out for bigger dividends, and from then on the railroad became a conscienceless tyrant, fawning on those it feared and crushing without mercy those who were defenceless.
And, having concluded this bit of conscienceless and transparent management, the old lady remarked that she, herself, was going for a walk, and left him. Lawrence lost no time in following her suggestions. Throwing away his cigar, he hurried through the house and the little flower-garden, a gate at the back of which opened into a wide pasture-field.
We rightly believe to-day that the world is not nearly so well run as it would be if we could or would apply unselfishly what we already know. Each of us advocates his own pet theory of betterment, often to the exclusion of everybody else's theory. One of the most disconcerting characteristics of advocates, conservative and radical, is their conscienceless treatment of facts.
Indeed, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain about these, for the very nature and present requirements of these services tend to harden and make men conscienceless, subservient and fawning toward their superiors, and tyrannical to those in their power.
And, if the beautiful and conscienceless Poppaea is with him, there may be a Procession of some five hundred asses, whose it is to supply her with the milk in which she bathes for the preservation of her admirable velvety skin. There are, of course, many other individuals and types to be met with.
To what, we say, does this scepticism lead? It leads a man to a shameful loneliness and selfishness, so to speak the more shameful, because it is so good-humoured and conscienceless and serene. Conscience! What is conscience? Why accept remorse? What is public or private faith? Mythuses alike enveloped in enormous tradition.
So when the railroad found it could not be dispensed with, it grew dissatisfied with the size of its earnings. Legitimate profits were not enough. Its directors cried out for bigger dividends, and from then on the railroad became a conscienceless tyrant, fawning on those it feared and crushing without mercy those who were defenceless.
Yet that is the conscienceless misrepresentation with which Dr.
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