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Title: The modern devil, his play between the false and the good;
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Chambers, Isaiah Mench, 1865- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, International publishing co
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: Much as we condemn the greed and dishonor in the businessworld, it is by no means the sorest spot in our citys affairs.There is a field in which dishonor broadens into unblushing dis-honesty and greed expands into barely concealed theft. I do not comprehend. AVhat field is that? asked Miss Sin-cere with a look of concern. The field of politics, answered the minister. The manage-ment of iDublic affairs is a mire far deeper and fouler than thatinto which Christian sank when he set out for the straight gateand narrow way. Politics is something we women know little of. It is outsidethe ordinaiy sphere of our duties and of our churches. Oh, no, not outside the churches, protested the minister.Vice, here, wears often the mask of respectability, and you willfind some of those deepest in the business of defrauding thepublic, posing as good church members. It is sad, but true. I have heard the name of Mr. Man-of-the-World spoken of asthe boss of city politics, the head of the ring, said Miss
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THE MODEEN THIEST FOE GOLD 111 Sincere, ^but I must confess I know but little of what those wordssignify. ^^That man is a sad reflection upon the fair fame of our city,answered the minister. For two years past, he and the politi-cal combination of which he is the leader, have been in full powerin the public offices. They decide who the people shall vote for;they give out all contracts; and they fill their pockets out of thespoils of office. Man-of-the-World began his political career with scarce apenny. To-day he is rich. He began with a reputation for honor;to-day his name is spoken with a sneer all over the land. He hassold his soul to Satan as really as did Faust of old. It is sad, sad indeed, mused Miss Sincere. You haveopened to my eyes a new form of iniquity which I hardly knewexisted. You will learn more of it in the days now coming, said Min-ister Good, significantly. It is widely felt that the powerfulpolitical ring is laying new plans which will surpass in shrewd-ness those

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