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{There will be no more rich men after the war," declared Sir Victor Sassoon. Asked if it were true that he was the third wealthiest man in the world, Sir Victor replied: "If China goes, I will be away down. If India goes, I will be looking for a job."Cable message from New York.] ON hearing Sir Victor Sassoon, I cannot conceal my Distress At the thought that the War will deprive me of All * The inordinate Wealth I possess. My Millions, the Few I have got, Are going to be scattered like Dust, And if Griqualand goes-why, the Lord alone knows Just what I shall do for a crust! But I know it is All for the Best. I’m ready to take up my Place In an Order in which there’s no Room for the Rich, That rapidly vanishing Race! I’m tully prepared to accept Quite different Duties and Scenes, For nothing’s more sure than that I must endure ‘The Horrors of moderate Means. I T’S All for Humanity’s Good. The World will be happier when ZI am-one with the Crowd and there’s No-orie allowed To make so much Money again: And, apart from the Fact that no Law Has ever been framed to forbid it, And my Instinct to shigk any heavier Work, ‘ I really can’t think why I did it. J HEN Victory smiles on our Arms, ; Spare a Sigh, be you you never so glad, For a arg Sir Victor, Lord Nuffield, and ord, : And the Nizam of Hyderabad. Oh, look on our Works while you may, Before they have vanished from View Like the Riches of Croesus, the Power of the CaesarsThe last of the Privileged Few!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 146, 10 April 1942, Page 4
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286Big Money New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 146, 10 April 1942, Page 4
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