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your shoes any more。 Your footmen do it； but they are
paid； and the fellow who comes to get a list of the
company when you give a banquet or a dancing breakfast at
Longueoreille House； gets money from the newspapers for
performing that service。 But for us； thank you for
nothing； Longears my boy； and we don't wish to pay you
any more than we owe。 We will take off our hats to
Wellington because he is Wellington； but to youwho are
you？〃
I am sick of COURT CIRCULARS。 I loathe HAUT…TON
intelligence。 I believe such words as Fashionable；
Exclusive； Aristocratic； and the like； to be wicked；
unchristian epithets； that ought to be banished from
honest vocabularies。 A Court system that sends men of
genius to the second table； I hold to be a Snobbish
system。 A society that sets up to be polite； and ignores
Arts and Letters； I hold to be a Snobbish society。 You；
who despise your neighbour； are a Snob； you； who forget
your own friends； meanly to follow after those of a
higher degree； are a Snob； you； who are ashamed of your
poverty； and blush for your calling； are a Snob； as are
you who boast of your pedigree； or are proud of your
wealth。
To laugh at such is MR。 PUNCH'S business。 May he laugh
honestly； hit no foul blow； and tell the truth when at
his very broadest grinnever forgetting that if Fun is
good； Truth is still better； and Love best of all。
End