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The Investment of Influence

CHAPTER X
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Take away love, daily work, sweet sleep, and palaces become prisons and gold seems contemptible.

The classic poet tells of Kind [Transcriber's note: King ?] Midas, to whom was offered whatsoever he wished, and whose avarice led him to choose the golden touch.

But lo! his blessing became a curse.

Rising to dress he found himself shivering in a coat with threads of gold.

Going into his garden he stooped to breathe the perfume of the roses, and, lo! the dewy petals became yellow points that pierced his face.


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