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Show Uncle PkilpK The Life of a Tyrant A dictator is no more free than the rest of the people. He is beset and bedeviled by his obsession. A boy thaws out of his reserve in two minutes with a man "who laughs as he talks to you." We don't mind giving in to our own conscience. But it is asking a good deal to obey our neighbor's. The kind of good nature that has to be inspired by a resolution to be good-natured is a little forlorn. What Is Wealth ? Sometimes a very wealthy family fam-ily is one that has five residences in different parts of the country and maybe one in Paris and no home. Cynics are able to prevent wrong action from bcin? taken, but they can't rally enthusiasm enough to accomplish a right action. ac-tion. When a newly met stranger fays somctliing more at parting than "Glad to have met j'ou," a friendship is budding. |