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ME: What I can see clearly from all this nonsense is that there are few professions honestly practised or few honest people in their professions. ME WHAT I CAN SEE CLEARLY FROM ALL THIS NONSENSE IS THAT THERE ARE FEW PROFESSIONS HONESTLY PRACTISED OR FEW HONEST PEOPLE IN THEIR PROFESSIONS
 exception in every language. You call them, I think, you scholarly types, some...give me some help here...some... ME: Idioms. HIM: That's it. Well, every profession has its exceptions to the general conscience. I'm happy to call these trade idioms. ME: I understand. Fontenelle speaks well and writes well, although his style is crawling with French idioms. HIM: And the sovereign, the minister, the financier, the magistrate, the soldier, the man of letters, the lawyer, the prosecutor, the merchant, the banker, the artisan, the singing master, the dancing master--these are all really honest people, although their conduct goes against the general conscience in several points and is full of moral idioms. The older the business institution, the more idioms there are. The worse times get, the more idioms multiply. Whatever the man is worth, that's what the job is worth, and conversely, in the end, whatever the job is worth, that's what the man is worth. So we value the job as much as we can.  AS THERE'S A UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR AND THEN THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS IN EVERY LANGUAGE YOU CALL THEM I THINK YOU SCHOLARLY TYPES SOME GIVE ME SOME HELP HERE SOME ME IDIOMS HIM THAT'S IT WELL EVERY PROFESSION HAS ITS EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL CONSCIENCE I'M HAPPY TO CALL THESE TRADE IDIOMS ME I UNDERSTAND FONTENEL SPEAKS WELL AND WRITES WELL ALTHOUGH HIS STYLE IS CRAWLING WITH FRENCH IDIOMS HIM AND THE SOVEREIGN THE MINISTER THE FINANCIER THE MAGISTRATE THE SOLDIER THE MAN OF LETTERS THE LAWYER THE PROSECUTOR THE MERCHANT THE BANKER THE EARNEST THE SINGING MASTER THE DANCING MASTER THESE ARE ALL REALLY HONEST PEOPLE ALTHOUGH THEIR CONDUCT GOES AGAINST THE GENERAL CONSCIENCE IN SEVERAL POINTS AND IS FULL OF MORAL IDIOMS THE OLDER THE BUSINESS INSTITUTION THE MORE IDIOMS THERE ARE THE WORSE TIMES YET THE MORE IDIOMS MULTIPLY WHATEVER THE MAN IS WORTH THAT'S WHAT THE JOB IS WORTH AND CONVERSELY IN THE END WHATEVER THE JOB IS WORTH THAT'S WHAT THE MAN IS WORTH SO WE VALUE THE JOB AS MUCH AS WE CAN
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