OPTIMISM.

"All's for the best," smirks fatuous DIVES. He

_Means_, "I'm the best, and therefore all's for _me_."

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[Illustration: ARMING THE AMAZONS.

PRIAM (_loquitur_). "ACCEPT NEW ARMS, YE MAIDEN COHORTS! TAKE

THE WEAPON THAT SHALL MAKE ACHILLES SHAKE,

AND REINFORCE, AGAINST THE WILES OF GREECE,

THE POWERS OF PROPERTY, PRIVILEGE, AND PEACE!"]

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