CHAPTER EIGHT 

 PLANNING 



Rin falls on the earth. The roots of a clump of clover draw 

 the water and certain chemicals of the soil into its leaves. 

 Out of the air the plant takes carbon dioxide. The rays of the 

 sun shining on the leaves of the clover turn the water and the 

 carbon dioxide into carbohydrates which the plant must have. 

 A steer eats the clover. A man eats a steak that came from the 

 steer. The waste from the living animals, and finally the bodies 

 of the man, the steer, and the plant, when they are dead, re* 

 turn to the earth the necessary chemicals which help other 

 plants to grow. There is the never-ending cycle progressing from 

 air, water, and the rich earth, through the plants, and animals 

 and man, and back to air, water, and earth kept constantly 

 revolving by the power of sunlight. 



That in very simple terms is part of a plan, the plan of life. / 

 One thing depends on another. Together all of these things 

 support life. Man is part of this plan. But man has created some' 

 thing which is not a part of the plan of nature. This is what 

 we call civilisation. Civilisation is something man has made 

 for his own convenience. Sometimes this civilisation fits into 

 the plan of life and sometimes it doesn't. So far as man is con 

 cerned, he tries to make civilisation suit his many purposes in 

 any way possible. Just as air is one of the important forces that 

 make up the cycle of nature, so money is an important force in 

 civilisation. Man buys the things he needs with it. He gets this 

 money in the first place by producing things for which other 

 people pay him. If you have a bicycle, you say it is worth $25. 



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