To the Person Sitting in Darkness

To the Person Sitting in Darkness

Extending the Blessings of Civilization to our Brother who Sits in Darkness has been a good trade and has paid well, on the whole; and there is money in it yet, if carefully workedbut not enough, in my judgment, to make any considerable risk advisable. The People that Sit in Darkness are getting to be too scarcetoo scarce and too shy. And such darkness as is now left is really of but an indifferent quality, and not dark enough for the game. The most of those People that Sit in Darkness have been furnished with more light than was good for them or profitable for us. We have been injudicious. The Blessings-of-Civilization Trust, wisely and cautiously administered, is a Daisy. There is more money in it, more territory, more sovereignty and other kinds of emolument, than there is in any other game that is played. But Christendom has been playing it badly of late years, and must certainly suffer by it, in my opinion. She has been so eager to get every stake that appeared on the green cloth, that the People who Sit in Darkness have noticed itthey have noticed it, and have begun to show alarm. They have become suspicious of the Blessings of Civilization. Morethey have begun to examine them. This is not well. The Blessings of Civilization are all right, and a good commercial property; there could not be a better, in a dim light. In the right kind of a light, and at a proper distance, with the goods a little out of focus, they furnish 3this desirable exhibit to the Gentlemen who Sit in Darkness: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 62636
Author: Twain, Mark
Release Date: Jul 13, 2020
Format: eBook
Language: English