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 "And, Mr. Grey, I should be glad to know what can possibly be more interesting to me than a faithful representation of the feelings of general society on this subject.""

"The many, my Lord, are not always right."

"Mr. Grey, the many are not often wrong. Come, my dear Sir, do me the favour of being frank, and let me know why the public is of opinion that all and every thing is in my power, for such, after all, were your words."

"If I did use them, my Lord, it was because I was thinking, as I often am, what after all in this country is public life? Is it not a race in which the swiftest must surely win the prize—and is not that prize power?—Has not your Lordship treasure? There is your moral steam which can work the world. Has not your Lordship treasure's most splendid consequences, pure blood and aristocratic influence? The Millionaire has in his possession the seeds of every thing, but he must wait for half a century till