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Great warriors, from Alexander to Bonaparte, were there, and glad of the opportunity to be there, too; statesmen like Macchiavelli; artists like Cellini or Tintoretto. You couldn't move without stepping on the toes of genius. GREAT WARRIORS FROM ALEXANDER TO BONAPARTE WERE THERE AND GLAD OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE TOO STATESMEN LIKE MACCHIAVELLI ARTISTS LIKE CELLINI OR TINTORETTO YOU COULDN'T MOVE WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE TOES OF GENIUS
urmoil of a great city as try to get uninterrupted quiet here in the suburbs in these days. Charon isn’t content to get rich slowly; he must make money by the barrelful, if he has to sacrifice all the comfort of everybody living on this river. Anybody’d think he was an American, the way he goes on; and everybody else here is the same way. The Erebeans are getting to be a race of shopkeepers.” “I think myself,” sighed Cleopatra, “that Hades is being spoiled by the introduction of American ideas—it is getting by far too democratic for my tastes; and if it isn’t stopped, it’s my belief that the best people will stop coming here. Take Madame Récamier’s salon as it is now and compare it with what it used to be! In the early days, after her arrival here, everybody went because it was the swell thing, and you’d be sure of meeting the intellectually elect. On the one hand you’d find Sophocles; on the other, Cicero; across the room would be Horace chatting gayly with some such person as myself.  AS WELL LIVE IN THE MIDST OF THE TURMOIL OF A GREAT CITY AS TRY TO GET UNINTERRUPTED QUIET HERE IN THE SUBURBS THESE DAYS CHEIRON ISN'T CONTENT TO GET RID SLOWLY HE MUST MAKE MONEY BY THE BARRELFUL IF HE HAS TO SACRIFICE ALL THE COMFORT OF EVERYONE LIVING ON THIS RIVER ANYBODY'D THINK HE WAS AN AMERICAN THE WAY HE GOES ON AND EVERYBODY ELSE HEARS THE SAME WAY THE ARABIANS ARE GETTING TO BE A RACE OF SHOPKEEPERS I THINK MYSELF SIGHED CLEOPATRA THAT HADES IS BEING SPOILED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF AMERICAN IDEAS IT IS GETTING BY FAR TOO DEMOCRATIC FOR MY TASTES AND IF IT ISN'T STOPPED IT'S MY BELIEF THE BEST PEOPLE WILL STOP COMING HERE TAKE MADAME RACAMIER'S SALON AS IT IS NOW AND COMPARE IT WITH WHAT IT USED TO BE IN THE EARLY DAYS AFTER HER ARRIVAL HERE EVERYBODY WENT BECAUSE IT WAS THE SWELLED THING AND YOU'D BE SURE OF MEETING THE INTELLECTUALLY ELECT ON THE ONE HAND YOU'D FIND SOPHOCLES ON THE OTHER CICERO ACROSS THE ROOM WOULD BE HORACE CHATTING GAILY WITH SOME PERSON SUCH AS MYSELF
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