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Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard

CHAPTER SIX
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It exasperated him," said Charles Gould.
"But the image will serve well enough.

What is wanted here is law, good faith, order, security.

Any one can declaim about these things, but I pin my faith to material interests.

Only let the material interests once get a firm footing, and they are bound to impose the conditions on which alone they can continue to exist.

That's how your money-making is justified here in the face of lawlessness and disorder.


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