Colonel House, Philip Dru: Administrator — Chapter XL: A Departure in Battleships (1912)
“ Perhaps their profits are on a narrow basis, Philip; but the volume of their business is the touchstone of their success, for how otherwise could so many become millionaires? Just what the remedy is I do not know, but I want to give you the facts so that in recasting the laws you may plan something to alleviate a grievous wrong.”“It is strange, Gloria, how often your mind and mine are caught by the same current, and how they drift in the same direction. ”
