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You could have plenty of flatterers, toadies, sycophants  anything, in fine, but friends." YOU COULD HAVE PLENTY OF FLATTERERS TOADIES SYCOPHANTS ANYTHING IN FINE BUT FRIENDS
 hobby, "money is the only thing that counts nowadays. In America, the rich are necessarily our only aristocracy. It is quite natural. One cannot hope for an aristocracy of intellect, if only for the reason that not one person in a thousand has any; and birth does not count for much. Of course, it is quite true that all of our remote ancestors came over with William the Conqueror--I have sometimes thought that the number of steerage passengers his ships would accommodate must have been little short of marvellous--but it is equally true that the grandfathers of most of our leisure class were either deserving or dishonest persons--who either started life on a farm, and studied Euclid by the firelight and did all the other priggish things they thought would look well in a biography, or else met with marked success in embezzlement. So money, after all, is our only standard; and when a woman is as rich as you were yesterday she cannot hope for friends any more than the Queen of England can.  CLIMBING UPON HIS FAVOURED HOBBY MONEY IS THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS NOWADAYS IN AMERICA THE RICH ARE NECESSARILY OUR ONLY ARISTOCRACY IT IS QUITE NATURAL ONE CANNOT HOPE FOR AN ARISTOCRACY OF INTELLECT IF ONLY FOR THE REASON THAT ONE PERSON IN A THOUSAND HAS ANY AND BIRTH DOES NOT COUNT FOR MUCH OF COURSE IT IS QUITE TRUE THAT ALL OF OUR REMOTE ANCESTORS CAME OVER WITH WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR I HAVE SOMETIMES THOUGHT THAT THE NUMBER OF STEERAGE PASSENGERS HIS SHIPS WOULD ACCOMMODATE MUST HAVE BEEN LITTLE SHORT OF MARVELLOUS BUT IT IS EQUALLY TRUE THAT THE GRANDFATHERS OF MOST OF OUR LEISURE CLASS WERE EITHER DESERVING OR DISHONEST PERSONS WHO EITHER STARTED LIFE ON A FARM AND STUDIED EUCLID BY THE FIRELIGHT AND ALL THE OTHER PRIGGISH THINGS THEY THOUGHT WOULD LOOK WELL IN A BIOGRAPHY OR ELSE MET WITH MARKED SUCCESS AND EMBEZZLEMENT SO MONEY AFTER ALL IS OUR ONLY STANDARD AND WHEN A WOMAN IS AS RICH AS YOU WERE YESTERDAY SHE CANNOT HOPE FOR FRIENDS ANY MORE THAN THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND CAN
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