One of the most famous humorists in world literature, O. Henry created a unique panorama of American life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in grotesque situations he conveyed the contrasts and paradoxes of his era, which opened up space for people with business acumen, whom the game of chance elevates “A trust is its weakest point,” said Jeff Peters. “That reminds me,” I said, “of a meaningless saying like, “Why is there a cop?” “Well, no.” said Jeff, “there is nothing in common between a policeman and a trust.” What I said is an epigram... an axis... or, so to speak, a quintessence. This means that the trust is both similar and not similar to an egg. When you want to crack an egg, you beat it from the outside. And a trust can only be broken from within. Sit on it and wait for the chick to break all the shells. Look at the brood of new colleges and libraries chirping and tweeting all over the country. Yes, sir, every trust carries in its bosom the seeds of its own destruction, like the rooster that crows too close to a gathering of Methodist negroes in the state of Georgia, or that member of the Republican party who runs for governor of Texas...”