The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-08-21
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DENY ~ ALI we lease n TRUTH remains tina, the American people
are accustomed to estimate a mans worshs according to hts wealth
III IS common TO hear IL said that so-and-so Is a good fehow and q
bright N but that he has lot saved Up a dollar In the world
We may enjoy his company and admire his good qualities but wi
respect Tor him is not complete.
we feet differently toward him than we do toward n as
fortified himself With a fortune we may say we DO not and deceive
others We may think we do not. and deceive ourselves But We do
very mothers son Of us-just the same
Americans have this fault to a greater degree than other peope.
because in a nsw country. success naturally clusters about the material
things Of life y
In this X and especially in this country. Industrial development IS
the worlds most Important work Money accumulated Is the usual
standard Of Industrial achievement Therefore. the ma who makes
Is nt 10 be de.plsed- He Is doing his part Of the worlds work
and the art Is n q small or ignominious n Come Of the worlds richest
mn are among n greatest benefsetors OF mankind Great universities
technical schools. ART galleries. parks and other institutions for the n
5oyment and elevation n the people, have been established and endowed
BY rich men that W. would have been possible otherwise.
Large accumulation Of monsy In the hands OF a IA Of high wisdom
and broad public spirit. enables him 10 do for m public. sreat hing
that the public would never do for itself Butnot all me can be rich
Not IN nen W n money-maxtnx and mon~y-keeptnx Instinct. The
fncfnauons ard purposes Of most mn lie In other irecuons. To them
mooney Is merely a mean % the main end. There are often duties IN the
world besides making money. There ae qualities In the human soul
nor important than those which make large denominations Of money
possible.
The tnstinct for accumulation " e share with the ant and the bee
and the pig. It Is the lowest quality Of the human mind. Tns pig has
But every fraction Of HIS intellectual energy Is devoted to his stomach
His greed is 80 great that ne VIII 20 rnens his poor little brain. undergo
gladly any hardship or humiliation in order to gvt that which will graf
fy hi greed
Animal trainers a that the PIG n superior 20 n horse lin learning
tricks. Hut n teaching Il tricks. the trainer appeals % the pig through
It's greed Its aeuteness In anything touching this quality. Is marvellous
Touch the pigs mind a airy other point and il In dead to impressions.
The pig a say Of the horse that he l. Al intellectual animal. a
noble animal. but that he cannot learn tricks. In MIS-. tn. pig would
about the other who has nobsr purposes than mere money-makfng.
The rig may despiss the horse because he thinks IF other things
than his stomach. But the pigs opinion does the hcse n harm and
gives him n o concern
Nor does the mn with a high purpo.e. in nte need to worry because
minds that ae narrowed down to the n quality, greed. a beat him
IN tricks for making money.
Eminent psychogorfsts tell Is tina, in a few centuries the money
making faculty viii be obHterated by higher and broader qualities Of
mind.
when tina, time comes. the man wiz live more for mankind.