This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...banks of their more candid ancestors. The men who built and lived with their retainers in these massive towers were virile plunderers at least--lawless, no doubt, but brave. They also lacked--whatever else they may have had, --the modern swindler's smug hypocrisy. If they swooped down upon a passing ship or caravan, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...banks of their more candid ancestors. The men who built and lived with their retainers in these massive towers were virile plunderers at least--lawless, no doubt, but brave. They also lacked--whatever else they may have had, --the modern swindler's smug hypocrisy. If they swooped down upon a passing ship or caravan, and forced it to contribute to their income, they did not preach next week in Sunday-school upon the art of gaining wealth by honest means. Even as I write these lines, I learn that a distinguished financier, who would not use a tram-car on the Sabbath, and scorned to read a Sunday newspaper, has, on the eve of his exposure as a felon, shot himself, and left behind him countless ruined homes and lives. In what way was this whited sepulchre superior to the fearless buccaneer of feudal times? And why should the accumulations of the latter be more scornfully condemned than many monster fortunes of the modern world, gained by immoral, heartless methods, masquerading in the garb of piety? We think our ways are better Than the cruel ways of old, Till we see that men now fetter Not with iron, but with gold; Till--our consciences upbraiding--We perceive that ancient crimes Were in some ways less degrading Than the sins of modern times. A great philosopher and thinker, at the close of his long life, wrote recently these words: "We are about to pass through evil days. Moral worth is depreciating. Self-sacrifice has almost disappeared." In view of all the sickening revelations of rascality which have marked the opening of the present century, one feels that all the moral force remaining in society must speedily assert itself, or these prophetic words and gloomy apprehensions will be justified. But though the sun of humanity be temporarily clouded, ...
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