This enables them to be pointed out with pride by their descendants for evermore. Being an ancestor is one of the easiest and most attractive of jobs. It merely consists of being boasted of by one's descendants. Thus, many ancestors have been enabled to make good after they are dead. More than one ancestor who has gone out of this life a poor person, and only a few jumps ahead of the sheriff has had the good fortune, a century later, to become the ancestor of some ambitious family with plenty of money and has become so famous in consequence of that, that his tombstone has had to be greatly enlarged and improved.
Ancestors are one of the most valuable and satisfactory of possessions.
They are non-taxable and cannot be stolen. Their upkeep is practically nothing, and they do not deteriorate with age and neglect. In fact, they increase in value as they grow older. An ancestor 600 years old is worth a whole mass meeting of 56 year old descendants. Almost all rich people own and operate ancestors.