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the enterprises of the few and so on. But 

 through all the strife the voice of Nature cease- 

 lessly echoes, and despite frenzied invocations, 

 her law operates without intermission. 



The poor man must work. This should render 

 him healthy and abstemious. His children also 

 will labour, and thus will acquire the habit of 

 industry, which is one of the first necessities for 

 success in life. 



A man born to wealth will very probably lead 

 a comparatively idle life. He will hunt and shoot, 

 but his easy brain will tend to lose its virility for 

 commerce, and his ingenuous countenance will 

 disdain the mask which so often proves more 

 helpful than a steel helmet in olden battle for 

 him who would achieve a triumph in the open 

 market. His children, courteous enough, will 

 have a less keen appreciation of the value of 

 money, and luxury and indulgence may mar 

 them speedily. 



But when the rich not only grind the poor more 

 and more to the level of beasts of burden, but, 

 by means of " rings " and " corners " actually rob 

 them of the bare necessaries of life, it is not 



