There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries.
ATTRIBUTION:
Edith Wharton (1862–1937), U.S. author. letter, Feb. 11, 1934. The Letters of Edith Wharton (1988).
The letter was written during the economic crisis following the 1929 Wall Street crash.
