text:  The hard words tuft-hunter toady and so forth are applied it may be oftener than they are deserved: led-captain is a term of frequent reproach but it must always be considered that that sort of talent will be chiefly noticed and rewarded which is in demand in certain circles; fashionable people desire neither to be deafened with wit nor bewildered with philosophy nor oppressed with learning; their business to which they have been brought up is to glide smoothly through life and their patronage is chiefly extended to those who offer to relieve them of its petty cares and small annoyances which men of solid and sterling merit are not able and if they were able are not willing to do