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Show Mr. Rockefeller on the Limitations of the Rich I am sure it is a mistake to assume that the possession of money In great abundance necessarily brings happiness. happi-ness. The very rich are just like the rest of us. The mere expenditure of money for things, so I am told by those who profess to know, soon palls upon one. These rich men we read about in th newBpapors cannot get personal returns re-turns beyond a well-defined limit for Their expenditure. They cannot gratify grati-fy the pleasures of the palate, beyond very modest bounds, since they cannot can-not purchase a good digestion; they cannot lavish very much money on tine raiment for themselves or thei" families without suffering from public pub-lic ridicule; and in their homes they cannot go much beyond the comfort of the less wealthy without involving them in more pain than pleasure. As I study wealthy men, I can see but one way in which they can secure a leal equivalent for money spent, and that i6 to cultivate a taste for giving where the money may produce an effect ef-fect which will be a lasting gratification; gratifica-tion; and I would respectfully present this as a Christmas thought, even though crudely expressed, to the so-called so-called "money-kings," great and smail. John D. Rockefeller. |