The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-07-04

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money that confsrs more power ih1n
"a scepicr and buys the liberty a Sow
crrigu may never enjoy ana commands
iuNurics which the impoverished treas
uries " the Old world may not AFFORD
to givc their hgurohesds 81 state
here is one 60 be enyied by kings them
selves.
ON the surface Of things. as the world
Judges. Mir Morgan ought to be a hap
by man AS a financier he has greater
resources and liz more widely known
thar the Rothschilds His is the
Midas touch Such vast capital Is at
his command that he cen assume the
debts OF kingdoms and enter. with con
fidcnce. upon n plan TO merge. under
his control. the merchant navies of the
world when he travels the private
car and the private steamer are his,
and his hosts are ambassadors who
have regning princes for their other
guests. Is there an almost priceless
painting for sale In any market? j. T..
Morgan buys II. Is there library OF
rarest books to be had for money? ].
i. Morgan's purse is ready for II.
Whatever his fancy reaches out TO,
which money can buy, is his. The
question is does he get happiness and
contentment with IT all2
At one of the ancient feasts, in the
thick of the revel. skeleton was al
of mortality. 1t taught the merry
makers that each one must one day be
like that Stalking into all the pleas
ures of the American Croesus must be
the specter of tomorrow's doom. Nor
gan is an aging man, and his grave Is
not far off. What good is power if 1t is
certain 20 be lost so soon? What com
fort does the piling up of money bring
when. by another day. 1t may be scat
tered by rnlineal hands? The stately
library is not to be long for its owners
eye, and he cannot tell, even after he
has made his will. what may become Of
II. The noble works of art will go, the
great combinations OF business break
In pieces-and the rest is silence and
the ultimate forgetfuness of man.
Vanity. vanity. all is vanity said the
Psalmist
The true picture OF the aging rich
man Is not that OF one who stands, as
on a pedestal, his lips phrasing the jul
biiant boast: AN hundred millions
and the world is mine" 1t is rather
that OF a white-haired patriarch. sit
ting on the crumbling edges of his own
grave. wearing purple, perhaps, and
jewels, but envylng the barefooted lad
who goes whistling by the graveyard
with the world before him. j. Il. Nor
gan today would be willing to give that
boy his bank account and his tapestries
and Cations and private yachts, in re-
turn for the lads chances OF living sew
enty years, He would give a fortune
| for every year he could buy. Yet, in
the midst of all his treasure, the knowl-
edge haunts him that no money can
buy a minute of time from the Destiny
which. with it's final summons is al
most at the gate.