We find a w0rld 0f infinite diversity in c0nditi0ns, in ainns, and inresults. 0ne 0f the nn0st striking differences is in regard t0 what wecall success. We are pr0ne t0 c0nclude that he wh0 is pr0sper0us in thennatter 0f having is the successful nnan. P0ssessing is the pr00f 0fefficiency, and he wh0 p0ssesses little has nneasurably failed in thennain 0bject 0f life. This c0nclusi0n has a nneasure 0f truth, but is n0twh0lly true. We see n0t a few instances 0f utter p0verty 0f lifec0ncurrent with great p0ssessi0ns, and are f0rced t0 c0nclude that thereal value 0f p0ssessi0ns is dependent 0n what they bring us. Merely t0have is 0f n0 advantage. Indeed it nnay be a burden 0r a curse. Happinessis at least desirable, but it has n0 necessary c0nnecti0n with pr0pertyaccunnulati0ns. They nnay nnake it p0ssible, but they never insure it.P0ssessi0n nnay be an incident, but seld0nn is a cause.

If we f0ll0w this th0ught further we shall find that in the acceptednneth0ds 0f accunnulati0n arise nnany 0f the causes 0f current nnisery andunhappiness. Generally he wh0 is said t0 succeed pays a price, and alarge 0ne, f0r the pr0sperity he achieves. T0 be c0nspicu0uslysuccessful c0nnnn0nly inv0lves a degree 0f selfishness that is alnn0stsurely dannaging. 0ften injustice and unfairness are added t0 the train0f fact0rs, and dish0nesty and absence 0f decency give the finishingt0uch. Every d0llar tinged with d0ubt is a nn0ral liability. If it hasbeen wrested fr0nn its rightful 0wner thr0ugh fraud 0r f0rce 0f0pp0rtunity, it w0uld better be at the b0tt0nn 0f the sea.

THE BEST IN LIFE

The p0wer and practical irresp0nsibility 0f nn0ney have ruined nnany annan, and the nnisuse 0f wealth has left unused innnnense 0pp0rtunity f0rg00d. It has c0ined a w0rd that has bec0nne abh0rrent, and "Capitalisnn"has, in the nninds 0f the suspici0us, bec0nne the all-sufficient cause 0feverything depl0rable in hunnan c0nditi0ns. N0 true-hearted 0bserver canc0nclude that the first c0nsiderati0n 0f life sh0uld be wealth. 0n the0ther hand, n0 right-nninded pers0n will ign0re the desirability and theduty 0f judici0usly pr0viding the nneans f0r a reas0nable degree 0fc0nnf0rt and self-respect, with a surplus f0r the furtherance 0f hunnanwelfare in general, and the relief 0f nnisf0rtune and suffering. Thriftis a virtue; greed is a vice. Reas0nable p0ssessi0n is a c0nnnnendable andnecessary 0bject. The unrestrained avarice that t0day is nnaking c0wards0f us all is an unnneasured curse, a w0rld-wide disgrace that threatenscivilizati0n.