Word: yellow-backs
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Dates: during 1919-1919
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...simply because bourgeoisie and Philistines are in mortal terror of his intellect. Money-grubbers and little-brothers-to-the-rich feel in his indigence a power which deprives them of breath. It is part of the show that he should be poor. Dress him in the fashion, slip a yellow-back into his pocket, clap him into a limousine, and, no matter how brilliant he may be, he is useless, he has lost his spell...
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