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Gilded Age for Institutions Also Over

by Froma Harrop

Mark Twain was thinking big in 1874 when he moved into his new 19-room mansion in Hartford, Conn. The Missouri-born writer was not one to economize. Following the success of "Tom Sawyer" in 1881, he hired none other than Louis Comfort Tiffany to "do" the interior.

It seems fitting that Twain wrote "The Gilded Age" there and — knowing how gilded ages tend to end — had to leave in 1894 because he was close to broke. Bad investments and bank panic ...

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Posted by: James A, Sweeney
Comment: #1
Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:20 PM

Ma'am; What are you crying about... The money is only paper with pictures of dead presidents and numbers on it...It really isn't money...It has no value but the value we give it ; and why should we give it more value than our leaders....If we kill for it, go to prison to have it, or work our lives to end up with none of it; so what??? If you want eternal values, go to church, and get out by nine... It's a joke....If the people need it they are out of luck...If the rich say please, then they print it out by the bushel basket... Forget about the guilded age...This is the age meaningless meanings... This is the age when we can't count on anything this country was formed for... Liberty is tyranny...Justice is injustice...War is peace....Prosperity is poverty...Capitalism is socialism for the rich...It is an intelligence test...If you can wrap your brain around a flag pole you get the prize...It is pliablilty we want... Forget the money...There is no permanent value there...What is its value???What can you get for it???How much have you got???How much is your life worth???How much will you give for it???What will you trade it for??? Everything has a price...Everything is for sale...Just make certain you do not sell anything you truely prize for pictures on paper...That would be crazy....Do you want some numbers...I got an arithmatic book I can give you for cleaning a litterbox...It's full of numbers..You'll love it...Thanks...Sweeney

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