Even our despondency is comforting. It proves that
we have progressed so far as to be horrified at that which we
should have taken for granted a few centuries back.
THE VALUE OF POVERTY TO THE WORLD
ASK YOUR FRIEND WHAT HE WOULD DO IF HE HAD A MILLION
A majority of men long for a great deal of money.
Each man will tell you that he is struggling along in uncongenial
employment; that if he had his way his life would be arranged
very differently.
Put to any friend this question:
"What would you do if you had a million dollars?"
You will learn that, first of all, he would get rid of the useful
daily plodding that occupies him. Instead of living to work he
would live to enjoy himself.
A majority of men are usefully employed because they must work to
live.
If we all had our way we should do as we chose, and there would
be no progress. Fortunately, the wisdom of Providence keeps the
great majority of men poor and usefully busy. ----
This writer asked an able business man, who manages the material
success of a great newspaper, what he would do if he had a
million dollars. He replied without hesitation: "I would go
abroad and spend the rest of my life collecting artistic things
and enjoying them."
By his newspaper work, which helps to disseminate truth and to
fight privilege, this man renders the greatest possible service
to the world.
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