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 Then I move that our respective papers be committed to our respective pockets.

Political economy is divided into two great branches, production and consumption.

Yes, sir; there are two great classes of men: those who produce much and consume little; and those who consume much and produce nothing. The fruges consumere nati have the best of it. Eh, Captain! You remember the characteristics of a great man according to Aristophanes:. Ha! ha! ha! Well, Captain, even in these tight-laced days, the obscurity of a learned language allows a little pleasantry.

Very true, sir: the pleasantry and the obscu-