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A plant of the genus Cichorium, or succory. 
Frugality. 
f O class ever accomplished anything that lived from hand to mouth. 
People who spend, all that they earn are ever hanging on the brink 
of destitution. 
They must necessarily he weak and impotent—the slaves of time and 
circumstance. They keep themselves poor. They lose self-respect, as 
well as the respect of others. It is impossible that they can be free and 
independent. 
But a man with something saved, no matter how little, is in a differ¬ 
ent position. The little capital he has stored up is always a source of 
power. He is no longer the sport of time. He can boldly look the world 
in the face. He is, in a manner, his own master. He can dictate his own 
terms. He can neither be bought nor sold. He can look forward with 
cheerfulness to an old age of comfort and happiness. 
As men become wise and thoughtful, they generally become provi¬ 
dent and frugal. A thoughtless man, like a. savage, spends as he gets, 
thinking naught of the morrow, of the time of adversity, or of the claims 
of those whom he has made dependent upon him. But a wise man thinks 
of the future and prepares in good time for the evil day that may come 
upon him. 
“Know when to spend and when to spare, 
And when to buy, and thou shalt ne’er be bare.” 
