His very vanity seemed to miss the gratification of even the mere show of power.

In the days when he was most fully in the public eye the invincible obscurity of his origins clung to him like a shadowy garment.

He had handled millions without ever enjoying anything of what is counted as precious in the community of men, because he had neither the brutality of temperament nor the fineness of mind to make him desire them with the will power of a masterful adventurer.

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