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WHO IS RICH Riches and money have been commonly but mis ¬ takenly synonyms A mother with a group of children may consider these her jewels albeit by a bank examiners rating she would be poorer than Jobs turkey A man with houses and lands may be destitute in human affections eddying round his chair and table and so in lifes paramount values the balancing of the account shows a deficit though under the dollar sign he may be able to figure a fortune fortuneRich Rich soul elects the sort of affluence it prefers You may choose that you will gain the whole world no matter what becomes of the spirit Years after it will be a sad thing to see the gross materialist you have Income You may be sated with the pleasures of the senses but you have missed the test things life has to offer You may be the chief target for the income tax collector but the children of the region do not love you youThe The man or woman is rich who has acquired sound seasoned lasting friendships true through thick or thin Any other sort of prosperity is much affected by fair weather or foul When mere money has taken wing out of the window the attaches of the heydey of sunny prosperity abruptly decamp veil as rats flee from a sinking vessel But the assets of character that link tliose ive love to us piidiirinxly with the grappling hooks of steel are proof against corrosion or burglary and will stand any strain that is put on them Who dares to call me iKxir if I can keep the unbroken circle on earth or in heaven that love has once established establishedWhat What a fallacy to define riches as anything FpiiKiinl For all that is of the flesh fleshy and of the earth earthy must one day perish like weeds that are slain by the reaper in the hot sun Only Jov and truth and beauty and their deviue fellow Hhlps are immortal and only these are worth the hiuhandry of the undying soul UK who hax his fortune in these commodities is entitled to be called rich Time and change and adversity have no power upon them They are the only thing a man can take with him when he goes In the process of acquiring them they become part of him inseparably He who has them wears his commendation in his face for it may be read s he jiasses that bis converse is with the higher and finer things and hi daily walk is on the plane where the noblest meet and greet familiarly Philadelphia Ledger
