The egoist is fooled by no ideals: he discards them or uses them, as may suit his own interest.
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At present, financial crises occur, chiefly because the paper currency is redeemable in gold only.
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In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
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In precisely the same way money is often hired, and the hire paid for the use of it is called Interest.
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Not an old woman that buys a paper of pins, without yielding a part of the price to the banks as interest!
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However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.
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According to your sympathy, you will take pleasure in your own happiness or in the happiness of other people; but it is always your own happiness you seek.
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In this way, the charge that the bank makes for the use of its notes - the interest - is a continual and universal tax upon all the members of the community.
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Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows.
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The Massachusetts Land Bank, during Colonial times, prospered, and brought prosperity to the community, until it was forcibly suppressed by special act of Parliament.
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