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IT WAS AFTER A LONG COLD winter when the tiny buds were just beginning to cast a green tint on the barren trees that an important truth dawned upon me.
Human beings are inclined to be selfish, fearing to part with any of their possessions, fearing they may not be able to replace them.
Nature, on the other hand, is constantly on the giving side. The trees do not fear giving up their leaves in the fall, because they might not return in the spring.
Have you ever heard of a living creature of any kind—when dwelling in its natural habitat—starving to death?
In Chapter 8, it was pointed out that money buys nothing but labor: money for the labor in removing raw materials from the earth; and money for the labor to convert the raw materials into finished products.
There is no dearth of raw materials. The earth is ever ready to give generously from its stores of minerals and vegetables. There is no scarcity of labor to remove the raw materials and to convert them into manufactured products.
"If this is true, why do people have difficulty in buying the products? Why do they lack the money?" many will ask.
Hoarding money instead of buying products is the answer.
The English essayist, James Howell, said: "Wealth is not his who has it, but his who enjoys it."
If all money should be kept in circulation, there would be work for everyone, and everyone would have sufficient money with which to buy not only the necessities of life, but a good number of luxuries.
Such a condition sounds like a Utopia, but as good as it seems on the surface, I am not sure that I favor it.
Incentive would be gone! One would be inclined to do just enough to enable him to earn his share—and nothing further.
It is the men of vision who build estates, industries, cities, who keep the wheels of progress turning, and inspire others to do likewise.
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