“Which is equivalent to saying that eighty people could make me happy.
“And ‘I’ has it, you observe, in his power to make eighty people happy by accepting the subscription.”
Note, which I suggest to the Professor. Should this ever meet the eye of Baron Rothschild, let him remember, that by his single act, he can attain to the happiness of eighty people.
“If any of you, here present, happen to be acquainted with the Baron, and will introduce me to him, it will be, I am sure, a step in the interests of humanity generally, and not without its beneficial results to individuals particularly.” (“Hear! hear!”)
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With this bit of Practicality the lecture concludes.
He tells me, in confidence, that he finished quickly because he felt he was “above his audience.”
Milburd subsequently offers to introduce the Professor to Baron Rothschild “for a consideration.”
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No one, as yet has found any of the pleasures of Poverty.