"Nor with it generally," he replied, without surprise. "Money is but a lever. You cannot move the earth unless you have force and fulcrum, too."
"But I guess a man like you must get real mad to see so many levers lying about idle."
"Oh, I shall get on without a lever, like primitive man. I have muscles."
"But it seems too bad not to be able to afford machinery."
"I shall be hand-made."
"Yes, and by your own hand. But won't it be slow?"
"It will be sure."
Every one of his speeches rang like the stroke of a hammer. Yes, indeed he had muscles.
"But how much surer with money! You ought to turn your career into a company. Surely it would pay a dividend to its promoters."
"The directors would interfere."