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But now all is different. The money getting instinct has been aroused within them all, with the result that when I invited Mozart to meet a few friends at dinner at my place last autumn, he sent me a card stating his terms for dinners. BUT NOW ALL IS DIFFERENT THE MONEY GETTING INSTINCT HAS BEEN AROUSED WITHIN THEM ALL WITH THE RESULT THAT WHEN I INVITED MOZART TO MEET A FEW FRIENDS AT DINNER AT MY PLACE LAST AUTUMN HE SENT ME A CARD STATING HIS TERMS FOR DINNERS
ng 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. 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. ICE 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 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
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