We want business enterprise.

Isn't it like us?
Isn't it like us ?" he exclaimed sadly.
"What a melancholy comment! San Francisco! It is not a city--it is a Midway Plaisance.

California likes to be fooled.

Do you suppose Shelgrim could convert the whole San Joaquin Valley into his back yard otherwise?
Indifference to public affairs--absolute indifference, it stamps us all.
Our State is the very paradise of fakirs.

You and your Million-Dollar Fair!" He turned to Hartrath with a quiet smile.