WHY HE DISLIKED IT.
The building was one of singular magnificence—large, handsome, and well proportioned. The architect had evidently lavished all his skill and art upon the exterior, with a view perhaps to attract people inside who might otherwise have passed by on the other side. "Ah," said a gentleman to his friend, as they walked by, "what a superb structure !" "Yes, it is indeed," returned the other ; "but I cannot bear to look at it." "Why not ?" "Because;" replied the other, with warmth, "it reminds me that the owner built it out of the blood—yes, the blood, the aches, the groans of his fellow-men, the grief of crying children, the wails and moans of poor defenceless women, the howls and lamentations " "Gracious !'- exclaimed his friend. -"What's the owner ? A moneylender—an oppressor of the poor?" "No, no," burst out his friend; ■' 7 worse—worse than that ! He—he is a dentist !"
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 31, 16 April 1907, Page 2
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149WHY HE DISLIKED IT. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 18, Issue 31, 16 April 1907, Page 2
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