To a few alarmed observers it seemed as though Wall Street were by way of devouring all the money of the entire world. However, in accordance with the cultural practice, as the summer passed, the sound and responsible spokesmen decried not the increase in brokers' loans, but those who insisted on attaching significance to this trend.
Chapter V, The Twilight of Illusion, Section I, p. 68 - The Great Crash, 1929 (1954 and 1997)