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`` You degrade every consideration in life , emotional and other , to a dollar-and-cents basis . Sentiment , ambition , common judgment of right and wrong , all gravitate to the same level . You have a single standard of measurement that you apply to all alike , which alike condemns or justifies . Summer and Winter , morning , noon , and night -- it 's the same . Your little yardstick is always in evidence , measuring , measuring -- You , confound you , drive me to distraction with your eternal ` does it pay . ' '' Still the other man said nothing . `` I know , '' apologetically , `` I 'm rubbing it in pretty hard , Darley , but I ca n't help it .