12/35 The African zebra is a good student compared to him. It is a maxim of Walpole and North that all men are equally corrupt." "It is a hateful notion!" Jack exclaimed. You may be sure that a man who has spent his life in hospitals will have no high opinion of the health of mankind. He and his friends are so engrossed by their cards and cock fights and horses and hounds that they have little time for such a trivial matter as the problems of America. They postpone their consideration and meanwhile the house is catching fire. |