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Cedarquist
looked
after
him
with
contemplative
interest
.
Then
,
turning
to
Magnus
,
excused
himself
for
the
acridity
of
his
words
.
“
He
’
s
no
worse
than
many
others
,
and
the
people
of
this
State
and
city
are
,
after
all
,
only
a
little
more
addle
-
headed
than
other
Americans
.
”
It
was
his
favourite
topic
.
Sure
of
the
interest
of
his
hearers
,
he
unburdened
himself
.
“
If
I
were
to
name
the
one
crying
evil
of
American
life
,
Mr
.
Derrick
,
”
he
continued
,
“
it
would
be
the
indifference
of
the
better
people
to
public
affairs
.
It
is
so
in
all
our
great
centres
.
There
are
other
great
trusts
,
God
knows
,
in
the
United
States
besides
our
own
dear
P
.
and
S
.
W
.
Railroad
.
Every
State
has
its
own
grievance
.
If
it
is
not
a
railroad
trust
,
it
is
a
sugar
trust
,
or
an
oil
trust
,
or
an
industrial
trust
,
that
exploits
the
People
,
BECAUSE
THE
PEOPLE
ALLOW
IT
.
The
indifference
of
the
People
is
the
opportunity
of
the
despot
.
It
is
as
true
as
that
the
whole
is
greater
than
the
part
,
and
the
maxim
is
so
old
that
it
is
trite
—
it
is
laughable
.
It
is
neglected
and
disused
for
the
sake
of
some
new
ingenious
and
complicated
theory
,
some
wonderful
scheme
of
reorganisation
,
but
the
fact
remains
,
nevertheless
,
simple
,
fundamental
,
everlasting
.
The
People
have
but
to
say
’
No
,
’
and
not
the
strongest
tyranny
,
political
,
religious
,
or
financial
,
that
was
ever
organised
,
could
survive
one
week
.
”
The
others
,
absorbed
,
attentive
,
approved
,
nodding
their
heads
in
silence
as
the
manufacturer
finished
.
“
That
’
s
one
reason
,
Mr
.
Derrick
,
”
the
other
resumed
after
a
moment
,
“
why
I
have
been
so
glad
to
meet
you
.
You
and
your
League
are
trying
to
say
’
No
’
to
the
trust
.
I
hope
you
will
succeed
.
If
your
example
will
rally
the
People
to
your
cause
,
you
will
.
Otherwise
—
”
he
shook
his
head
.
“
One
stage
of
the
fight
is
to
be
passed
this
very
day
,
”
observed
Magnus
.
“
My
sons
and
myself
are
expecting
hourly
news
from
the
City
Hall
,
a
decision
in
our
case
is
pending
.
”
“
We
are
both
of
us
fighters
,
it
seems
,
Mr
.
Derrick
,
”
said
Cedarquist
.
“
Each
with
his
particular
enemy
.
We
are
well
met
,
indeed
,
the
farmer
and
the
manufacturer
,
both
in
the
same
grist
between
the
two
millstones
of
the
lethargy
of
the
Public
and
the
aggression
of
the
Trust
,
the
two
great
evils
of
modern
America
.
Pres
,
my
boy
,
there
is
your
epic
poem
ready
to
hand
.
”
But
Cedarquist
was
full
of
another
idea
.
Rarely
did
so
favourable
an
opportunity
present
itself
for
explaining
his
theories
,
his
ambitions
.
Addressing
himself
to
Magnus
,
he
continued
:
