His main theory, however, appears to be some far-fetched abstraction which he calls the humanizing of industry--you've heard that before! Mere bombast, you see, but the kind of thing that is dangerous in a crowd.

It is the catchpenny politics that has been the curse of our country." "And of course he is not a gentleman." Corinna's voice was regretful.

"I may be old-fashioned, but I can't help feeling that the Governor ought to be a gentleman.

That sounds like General Plummer, I know," she concluded apologetically.
"The archaic cult of the gentleman?
Well, I like to think that in Virginia it still has a few obscure followers.

It is a prejudice that I dare to admit only when I am not on the platform, for the belief in the gentleman has become a kind of underground religion, like the worship in the Catacombs." Her eyes had grown wistful when she answered: "It is the price we pay for democracy." "The price we pay is the reign of social justice in theory, and in practice the rule of the Gideon Vetches of history.