ultra-importance

Updated: August 26, 2026

Then, with the air of a conspirator, "It would disorganize the whole of the Treasury payments throughout the whole of the Presidency Circle! Think of that!" If men had not this delusion as to the ultra-importance of their own particular employments, I suppose that they would sit down and kill themselves.

Rudyard Kipling - Indian Tales

Then, with the air of a conspirator: "It would disorganize the whole of the Treasury payments throughout the whole of the Presidency Circle! Think of that?" If men had not this delusion as to the ultra-importance of their own particular employments, I suppose that they would sit down and kill themselves.

Rudyard Kipling - Plain Tales from the Hills