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