fantastic fables-第18章
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Deeming this insufficient for purchase of the site and payment of
reasonable commissions to themselves; the men in charge of the
matter asked for a larger sum; which was readily given。 Believing
that the fountain could not be dipped dry; they applied for still
more and more yet。 Wearied at last by their importunities; the
Government said it would be damned if it gave anything。 So it gave
nothing and was damned all the harder。
The Boys and the Frogs
SOME editors of newspapers were engaged in diffusing general
intelligence and elevating the moral sentiment of the public。 They
had been doing this for some time; when an Eminent Statesman stuck
his head out of the pool of politics; and; speaking for the members
of his profession; said:
〃My friends; I beg you will desist。 I know you make a great deal
of money by this kind of thing; but consider the damage you inflict
upon the business of others!〃
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