Wednesday, March 10, 2021
A Pillar of the State
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), Vanity Fair, Chapter IX:
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Here was a man, who could not spell, and did not care to read — who had the habits and the cunning of a boor: whose aim in life was pettifogging: who never had a taste, or emotion, or enjoyment, but what was sordid and foul; and yet he had rank, and honours, and power, somehow: and was a dignitary of the land, and a pillar of the state.
