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[3]“Remember,thatmoheprolifieratingnature.Momosbegetmore,andsoon.Fiveshillingsturnedissix,turnedagaihreependsoon,tillitbeesahundredpouhereisofit,themoreitproduceseveryturning,sothattheprofitsrisequidquicker.Hethatkillsabreediroysallhertothethousaiomurdersa,destroysallthatitmighthaveproduscoresofpounds.”
[4]“Rememberthissaying,thegoodpaymasterislordofanothermaisknoundexaehepromises,mayatanytime,andonanyo,raiseallthemoneyhisfriendsspare.Thisissometimesofgreatuse.Afterindustryandfrugality,nothingtributesmoretofayoungmahanpunctualityandjustiallhisdealings;thereforeneverkeepborrowedmoneyahetimeyoupromised,lestadisappoiupyourfriend’spurseforever.
[5]“Themasthataffe’screditaretarded.Thesoundofyourhammeratfiveinthemhtatnight,heardbyaakeshimeasysixmoifheseesyouatabilliardtable,orhearsyourvoiceatatavern,whenyoushouldbeatwork,hesendsforhismoday;demandsit,beforehereceiveit,inalump.‘Itshows,besides,thatyouaremindfulofwhatyouowe;itmakesyouappearacarefulaswellasaman,andthatstillincreasesyourcredit.’
[6]“Bewareofthinkingallyouroossess,andoflivingagly.Itisamistakethatmanypeoplewhohavecreditfallinto.Topreventthis,keepaaetimebothofyourexpensesandyourine.Ifyoutakethepainsatfirsttomentionparticulars,itwillhavethisgoodeffect:youwilldiscoverhowwonderfullysmall,trifliuptesums,andwilldiswhatmighthavebeen,andmayforthefuturebesaved,withoutogaince.
[7]“Forsixpoundsayearyoumayhavetheuseofonehundredpounds,providedyouareamanofknownprudenesty.
[8]“Hethatspendsagroat2adayidly,spendsidlyabovesixpoundsayear,whichisthepricefortheuseofonehundredpounds.
[9]“Hethatwastesidlyagroat’sworthofhistimeperday,ohaestheprivilegeofusingonehundredpoundseachday.
[10]“Hethatidlylosesfiveshillings’worthoftime,losesfiveshillings,andmightasprudentlythrowfiveshillingsintothesea.
[11]“Hethatlosesfiveshillings,notosum,butalltheadvamightbemadebyturningitindealing,whichbythetimethatayoungmanbeesold,willamounttoasiderablesumofmoney.”
[12]ItisBenjaminFrankliousiehesamewhiairizesinhisdmaliciousPieriCultureasthesupposedoffaithoftheYaisthespiritofcapitalismwhichherespeaksii,noonewilldoubt,howeverlittlewemaywishtoclaimthateverythingwhichcouldbeutothatspiritisediuspauseamomenttosiderthispassage,thephilosophyofwhibergersumsupinthewords,“Theymaketallowoutofdmoofmeyofthisphilosophyofavariceappearstobetheidealofthehoman,aheideaofadutyoftheindividualtowardtheincreaseofhiscapital,whichisassumedasaself.Trulywhatisherepreaplyameansofmakingone’swayintheworld,butapeculiarethifraofitsrulesistreatednotasfoolishasfetfuly.Thatistheesseer.Itisnotmerebusiesortofthingisoisahisisthequalitywhiterestsus.
[13]WhenJacobFugger5,ioabusinessassociatewhohadretiredandersuadehimtodothesame,sincehehadmadeenoughmoneyandshouldletothershaveace,rejectedthataspusillanimitya“he(Fugger)thoughtotherwise,hewaomakemoneyaslongashecould,”
thespiritofhisstatemelyquitedifferentfromthatofFranklin.Whatintheformercaseressionofergandapersonalinorallyral,iakesoerofethifortheductoflife.Theceptspiritofcapitalismishereusedinthisspese,itisthespiritofmoderncapitalisForthatweareheredealingonlywithWesternEuropeanandAmericapitalismisobviousfromthewayinwhiitalismexistedindia,Babylon6,intheclassicworld7,andintheMiddleAges8.Butinallthesecases,asweshallsee,thisparticularethos
[14]Now,allFranklin’smoralattitudesarecoloredwithutilitarianism9.Hoyisuseful,becauseitassurescredit;soarepunctuality,industry,frugality,andthatisthereasoues.Alogicaldeduthiswouldbethatwhere,foriheappearanestyservesthesamepurpose,thatwouldsuffiunnecessarysurplusofthisvirtuewouldevideoFranklin’seyesaunproductivewaste.Andasamatteroffact,thestoryinhisautobiographyofhistothosevirtues,orthedisofthevalueofastriaheappearanodesty,theassiduousbelittlementofone’sowsiogaingeionlater,sthisimpressitoFrankliues,likeallothers,areonlyinsofarvirtuesastheyareactuallyusefultotheindividual,aeofmereappearanceisalwayssuffiitaplishestheeisawhievitableforstrictutilitarianisTheimpressionofmahatthevirtuesprofessedbyAmeriismarepurehypocrisyseemstohavebeehisstrikiierisnotbyanymeanssosimple.
[15]BenjaminFranklin’sowappearsinthereallyunusualessofhisautobiography,beliesthatsuspi.Thecethatheascribeshisreoftheutilityofvirtuetoadiviionwhiteoleadhimihhteousness,showsthatsomethihanmeregarnishingfotricmotivesisinvolved.
[16]Infact,thesummumbonum10ofhisethic,theearningofmoreandmoremoney,bihestriceofallspooflife,isaboveallpletelydevoidofaiottosayhedonistic,admixture.Itisthoughtofsopurelyasaself,thatfromthepoihehappinessof,orutilityto,thesingleindividual,itappearseraalandabsolutelyirrational.Manisdomihemakingofmoney,byaastheultimatepurposeofhislife.Eicaisnolongersubordiomanasthemeaisfaaterialhisreversalofwhatweshouldaturalrelationship,soirrationalfromaofview,isevideelyaleadingprialismasitisfntoallpeoplesalistice.Atthesametimeitexpressesatypeoffeelingwhichiscloselyectedwithreligiousideas.Ifwethusask,whyshould“moofmen”
,BenjaminFranklihoughhewasacolorlessdeist,answersinhisautobiographywithaquotationfromtheBible,whichhisstriisticfatherdrummedintohimagainandagaininhisyouth:“Seestthouamainhisbusiandbefs.”
Theearnihinthemoderneicorderis,solongasitisdoheresultandtheexpressionofvirtueandprofiag;andthisvirtueandproficyare,asitisnownotdifficulttosee,therealAlphaandOmegaofFrahic,asexpressedinthepassageswehavequoted,aswellasinallhisworkswithoutex.
Notes
1.shilling:aformermoiainworthohofapound先令
2.grlishsilverworthfourpeakenoutofcirihtury格罗特;英国四便士银币
3.BenjaminFranklin:(1706-1790)oheFoundiheUes,astatesman,author,publisher,stist,ioranddiplomat.Helyapublicaffairs.DuringtheAmeriRevolutioheSetialgressaheDeofIndependen1776.Healsohe1783TreatyofParisthateionaryWar(1775-1783).From1785to1788,heservedasgovernorofPennsylvania,andwasadelegatetothethatproducedtheU.S.stitution.
4.FerdinandKurnberger:(1821-1879)oiialwritersofVieureiiesaiesofthe19thtury.Heisnowknownmainlyforhispartiiionof1848,whitofleetermanywherehewasarrestedthefollo>
5.JacobFugger:(1459-1525)alsoknownasJakobFuggertheRich,amerirepreneurandbankerofEurope.HewasadestoftheFuggermertfamilylotheFreeImperialCity.WithinafewdecadesheexpahefamilyfirmtoabusiinginallofEurope.
6.Babylon:capitalofaBabyloamiaoesRiver.Establishedascapitalc.1750B.drebuiltinregalsplendorbyNebuezzarIIafteritsdestru(c.689B.C.)bytheAssyrians,BabyloeoftheHangingGardeheSeveheWorld.
7.theclassicworld:hereitreferstoaGreee.
8.theMiddleAges:orMedievalperiod(A.D.476-1453),beganwiththecollapseoftheWesternRomanEmpireaheReheAgeofDiscovery.
9.utilitarianism:firstbroughtupbyFrancisHuthisInquiryintinalofourIdeasofBeautyandVirtue(1725),aedbyBenthaminhisAnIntrodutothePrinoralsaion(1789).Thedobe“Thataisbestwhichprreatesthappihegreatesthegreatesthappihegreatestnumber”
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