"Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who……" — Mark Twain

Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this… - Mark Twain

"Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: -- I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars."

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