Will lead us to disaster. Monometallism
Is—Monomania. This yellow slave
Will break, not knit, our Commerce. I can be
Cool, analytical, even cynical
On trifles—such as Separatism's sin,
Or County Council Crime; but this thing stirs
My tepid blood, e'en as Statistics warm
The chilly soul of Goschen. Come, curst gold,
Thou common ore of mankind, that putt'st odds
Among the rout of nations, I will make thee