" "But who is to define what is proportionate?" "Making profit by dishonest means, by trickery," said Levin, conscious that he could not draw a distinct line between honesty and dishonesty.

" Such as banking, for instance," he went on.

"It's an evil--the amassing of huge fortunes without labor, just the same thing as with the spirit monopolies, it's only the form that's changed.

_Le roi est mort, vive le roi_.

No sooner were the spirit monopolies abolished than the railways came up, and banking companies; that, too, is profit without work.