Wonderful it is, how many men, who transact a great deal of very important business, are mere machines , guided by their subordinates.
I replied that he was with me in London, which seemed to satisfy him still more ; and the clerk nodded his head, and said in a signi ficant tone — " It's all right, sir."  Wonderful it is, how many men, who transact a great deal of very important business, are mere machines , guided by their subordinates.  They are but the hands of the clock, moved by wheels below them.