THE RICH MAN’S BURDEN.
The poor and the very young may imagine that they would be perfectly free and happy if they had plenty of money, writes Mr George Santayana m his philosophical work, “The Realm of the Spirit.” Money would procure all nccesaries and comforts without labour, and would open the doors of all beautiful places and all important persons. The world would be at one's feet; and this, be it noted, is what the spirit dreams of in its innocence, never • c lying at the world’s feet of its own accord. The world is to bo that of the “Arabian Nights,” all magic entertainments and easy conquests. But in reality the rich, unless they are more than rich, are slaves to the world, and captives of their successes and their possessions. They must keep earning their money, or defending it, spending it as the world demands, trembling at losing it or finding it insufficient, and countering the endless claims, obligations and jealousies that it brings.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 19, 2 November 1940, Page 4
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