"Well," said his partner, "have you got it?"
"Got it! The fellow won't do a thing. He's as docile as hell!"
Progress! Its meaning once was,
"Intellectual or moral advancement; improvement in knowledge or in virtue."
Now it means cheap cotton and cheap men and women. To the enlightened and prosperous English nation belongs the credit of this radical discovery.
To England too belongs the invention or creation of our new god. She—I am happy to say it—she invented and created the god we now worship. We call him
Trade!
The first, last, and only commandment of our new god is,
"Buy cheap and sell dear."
Whatever nation or man worships this god, and obeys this first and great commandment, is sure of blessedness; for that man or that nation will get more money than other men and other nations, as England has; and will be happy, as she is!