<p><span class="deck"> Ever since 1792, bulls and bears together have tripped the light fantastic on Wall Street’s sidewalks—and sometimes just tripped</span> </p>
<p><span class="deck">It cannot be measured in dollars alone. It involved a kind of personal power that no man of affairs will ever have again.</span></p>
<p><span class="deck">Speculators caused a stock market crash in 1792, forcing the federal government to bail out New York bankers— and the nation.</span></p>