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We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer yes, but i did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.
-Lewis H. Lapham
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Lewis H. Lapham
We might make a public moan in the newspapers about the decay of conscience, but in private conversation, no matter what crimes a man may have committed or how cynically he may have debased his talent or his friends, variations on the answer yes, but i did it for the money, satisfy all but the most tiresome objections.
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