han our neighbors'; that our horses andservants may be more numerous; that we may dress our wives anddaughters in absurd but expensive clothes; and that we may give costlydinners of which we ourselves individually do not eat a shilling'sworth. And to do this we aid the world's work with clear and busybrain, spreading commerce among its peoples, carrying civilization toits remotest corners.
Do not let us abuse vanity, therefore. Rather let us use it. Honoritself is but the highest form of vanity. The instinct is notconfined solely to Beau Brummels and Dolly Vardens. There is thevanity of the peacock and the vanity of the eagle. Snobs are vain.
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Never-ending is the wild procession. Day and night you can hear thequick tramp of the myriad feet--some running, some walking, somehalting and lame; but all hastening, all eager in the feverish race,all straining life and limb and heart and soul to reach theever-receding horizon of success.
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