Ely Culbertson Quotes
A deck of cards is built like the purest of hierarchies, with every card a master to those below it, a lackey to those above it.
Culbertson, Ely. The Strange Lives of One Man. John C. Winston Company, 1940.
Many social scientists believe that this is one of the reason for so much racism amongst the lower class whites. If blacks are “below” them, the poor whites have power and are not at the bottom of the sociological pyramid of society. To many this is better than being better off themselves but starring the bottom with the Negroes.
Bodin was advocating the release of the Cambodian King.
Elie Almon Culbertson, known as Ely Culbertson, was an American contract bridge entrepreneur and personality dominant during the 1930s. He played a major role in the popularization of the new game and was widely regarded as "the man who made contract bridge". He was a great showman who became rich, was highly extravagant, and lost and gained fortunes several times over.
