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Show IR Endless Pursuit of Wealth I An Argument For the Harly Retirement of I Uuslness Men and the Cultivation of Leisure I From the Ilankara' Marazin ,wss N the I'nlled Stale! lenders in every line of activity. In politic f I tfeg, nml business, have heeu coiiHiilcuously prune lo die, as It Is Ll s Hal, I, In bmiiess. The death of Mark llanna Is a case In ,rJ I iHiliit. Hut tho Inst of those dUllngiilshed for their successful I ia iitluluniciit nt wealth und fume, who have continued Ihi-ir I "F Jfj j uctlvllles long after tho advunce of age and the diminution I I I lar ' J ( piiyai,.,,! atrongtli must have wnrnwl them of the appruacb-' appruacb-' (sasaaaaaaBBsW" lug end. Is a very long one. In the older countries of Kurope. Ion whose civilisation that of tin. United Slates la rounded. It 'S eusler for men who buve more or less successfully attained Hie object sluied at to retire and enjoy freely the prises they have gslned, although there the old barbaric struggle la In many rases kept up to the cud. Until m the last twenty-live years Ibe Idea of retiring from active life and rifling down to a life In which personal tastrs and proclivities could b fol-pvt fol-pvt il, wus regarded aa at least eccentric, I'lier have alwoys beeu two necessary steps to be tuken before retirement feini setlve llfo could with safety b accomplished; ono was the aciuUrenipnt W'slth, nnd the other provision for Its safe keeping, As clvlllinlinn pro-ir"" pro-ir"" the second and more Important step call be more easily managed. Thp Wlvlduul no longer bns to depend upon bla own efforta to guard tho storn set wile for bla fuluro support. TIip power of corporation, originally directed ill'ly to the accumulation of wealth. Is now to a very great extent applied to III conservation. The existence of leisure class able and willing to enjoy tlielr Uvea ration anil Intelligently Is a check on the wilder exhibitions of leisure mi the part ofmd.lenly ncqulred wealth. It also holds out something beyond mere money-I money-I felling aa thp g.ml of a successful life. It encourogea retirement after reason-alils reason-alils fort lino bus been gained, and discourage! to some extent the piling up or eiMK.rated redundancy. Tb effect of a more philosophical view of life on tnspart of our business men will tend to a more even distribution of wttuiUi, suds lovellug of the luequslltlea now so frequently pointed out. ., V . m j i ,i |