American renaissance; a review of domestic architecture (1904)
Dow, Joy Wheeler · New York, W. T. Comstock · leaf 346
harming ofhosts; but in your business deals with him, have acare! No true artist could be entirely happy to look at theworld from the financiers standpoint. He may listenattentively to the cunning of expediency fascinatinglyunfolded, for his own good, for the good of his family,and the assurance of… … Conclusion temperament again will not let him. He is perfectlyaware that there is not halt enough in the world to goround, and that he must divert the earnings of otherpeople somewhat into his own coffers if he is to b(entirely comfortable; but he had rather that circum-stances divert these…
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