The Love For Money Is Only One

But If Inventions Have Increased Man's Power Over Nature Very Much, Then The Real Value Of Money Is Better Measured For Some Purposes In Labour Than In Commodities.

And Very Often The Influence Exerted On A Person's Character By The Amount Of His Income Is Hardly Less, If It Is Less, Than That Exerted By The Way In Which It Is Earned.

The Most Reckless And Treacherous Of All Theorists Is He Who Professes To Let Facts And Figures Speak For Themselves.

It Is Common To Distinguish Necessaries, Comforts, And Luxuries; The First Class Including All Things Required To Meet Wants Which Must Be Satisfied, While The Latter Consist Of Things That Meet Wants Of A Less Urgent Character.

In The Absence Of Any Short Term In Common Use To Represent All Desirable Things, Or Things That Satisfy Human Wants, We May Use The Term Goods For That Purpose.