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The Colonel had to get up and stand, to get room for his amazement to expand. "_Nothing_, Washington? I ask you this: to be a Perpetual Member and the _only_ Perpetual Member of a Diplomatic Body accredited to the greatest country on earth  do you call that nothing?" THE COLONEL HAD TO GET UP AND STAND TO GET ROOM FOR HIS AMAZEMENT TO EXPAND NOTHING WASHINGTON I ASK YOU THIS TO BE A PERPETUAL MEMBER AND THE ONLY PERPETUAL MEMBER OF A DIPLOMATIC BODY ACCREDITED TO THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH DO YOU CALL THAT NOTHING
f the Revolution--last century. The musket-flints for the military posts were supplied from the Capitol. They do it yet; for although the flint-arm has gone out and the forts have tumbled down, the decree hasn't been repealed--been overlooked and forgotten, you see--and so the vacancies where old Ticonderoga and others used to stand still get their six quarts of gun-flints a year just the same." Washington said musingly after a pause: "How strange it seems--to start for Minister to England at twenty thousand a year and fail for flint-picker at----" "Three dollars a week. It's human life, Washington--just an epitome of human ambition and struggle, and the outcome; you aim for the palace and get drowned in the sewer." There was another meditative silence. Then Washington said, with earnest compassion in his voice: "And so, after coming here, against your inclination, to satisfy your sense of patriotic duty and appease a selfish public clamor, you get absolutely nothing for it." "Nothing? CKER YES OFFICE ESTABLISHED IN THE TIME OF THE REVOLUTION LAST CENTURY THE MUSKET FLINTS FOR THE MILITARY POSTS WERE SUPPLIED FROM THE CAPITAL THEY DO IT YET FOR ALTHOUGH THE FLINT ARM HAS GONE OUT AND THE FORTS HAVE TUMBLED DOWN THE DECREE HASN'T BEEN REPEALED BEEN OVERLOOKED AND FORGOTTEN YOU SEE AND SO THE VACANCIES WHERE OLD TIKONDROGA AND OTHERS USED TO STAND STILL GET THEIR SIX QUARTS OF GUN FLINTS A YEAR JUST THE SAME WASHINGTON SAID MUSINGLY AFTER A PAUSE HOW STRANGE IT SEEMS TO START FROM MINISTER TO ENGLAND AT TWENTY THOUSAND A YEAR AND FAIL FOR FLINT PICKER AT THREE DOLLARS A WEEK IT'S HUMAN LIFE WASHINGTON JUST AN EPITOME OF HUMAN AMBITION AND STRUGGLE THE OUTCOME YOU AIM FOR THE PALACE AND GET DROWNED IN THE SEWER THERE WAS ANOTHER MEDITATIVE SILENCE THEN WASHINGTON SAID WITH EARNEST COMPASSION IN HIS VOICE AND SO AFTER COMING HERE AGAINST YOUR INCLINATION TO SATISFY YOUR SENSE OF PATRIOTIC DUTY AND A PIECE OF SELFISH PUBLIC CLAMOR YOU GET ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR IT NOTHING
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