The avaricious man begins to accumulate treasure as a mean to happiness ; and by a common but morbid association he continues to accumulate it as an end. He lives poor to die rich, and is the mere jailor of his house and the turnkey of Ms wealth; " >; ! Subtract from a great man all lie owes to opj portunity and all that he owes to chance, all that he has gained by the wisdom of his friends and by the folly of his enemies, and Brobdignag I will qften become a Lilliputian.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 126, 1 June 1869, Page 2
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