The Forgery

Fiction & Literature, Classics, Literary
Cover of the book The Forgery by George Payne Rainsford James, George Payne Rainsford James
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Author: George Payne Rainsford James ISBN: 9788893154413
Publisher: George Payne Rainsford James Publication: September 25, 2015
Imprint: Language: English
Author: George Payne Rainsford James
ISBN: 9788893154413
Publisher: George Payne Rainsford James
Publication: September 25, 2015
Imprint:
Language: English

One of the finest characters in the world was the old English merchant. We may and have improved upon many things, but not upon that. A different spirit reigns in commerce from that which ruled it long ago, and not a better one. We are more the shopkeeper, as a celebrated but not a great man called us, and less the merchant. As a people, our commerce is more extended, but the separate transactions are smaller; and minute dealings almost always produce paltry minds. Not at all do I mean to say that the old English merchant is without his representatives; but they are fewer than in other times, both with reference to our numbers and to our extended trade.
 

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One of the finest characters in the world was the old English merchant. We may and have improved upon many things, but not upon that. A different spirit reigns in commerce from that which ruled it long ago, and not a better one. We are more the shopkeeper, as a celebrated but not a great man called us, and less the merchant. As a people, our commerce is more extended, but the separate transactions are smaller; and minute dealings almost always produce paltry minds. Not at all do I mean to say that the old English merchant is without his representatives; but they are fewer than in other times, both with reference to our numbers and to our extended trade.
 

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