Modern Money Is Almost Altogether Credit Money.

However Near And Dear To You May Be Your Wife, Children, Friends, They Are Not You; They Are Outside Of You.

In Brief, Egoism In Its Modern Interpretation, Is The Antithesis, Not Of Altruism, But Of Idealism.

It Was The King's Army, The King's People, The King's Taxes; And He Who Questioned The Propriety Of The Royal Prerogative Of Taking From His People Without Return Or Accounting, Was Reckoned, And Felt Himself To Be, A Criminal, Guilty Of The Highest Crime Of Disloyalty.

In Precisely The Same Way Money Is Often Hired, And The Hire Paid For The Use Of It Is Called Interest.

Large Sums Were Paid For The Use Of Money, Because The Available Amount Of Gold And Silver Was Far Less Than Was Needed To Carry On The Commercial Transactions Of The Times.