Word: matter-of-fact
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Dates: during 1875-1875
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That this is in a measure true can hardly be denied. A man of taste and fortune cannot busy himself much with the affairs of the counting-house without developing the prosaic and matter-of-fact side of his character to a disproportionate extent, and meeting on terms, perforce equal, hundreds of people whom his self-respect and pride will permit him to regard with nothing but contempt. The degradation involved in a peaceful struggle for dollars and cents with your fellow-man is, however, hardly equal to the humiliation of a life-long squabble with your butcher and your...
...much for the romance of the arena. In this matter-of-fact age nothing can be done without material guaranties, which generally mean money, and certainly do in this instance...