So we see that the curved line never joins the straight line, and if there be any conjunction, it is not of line to line, but of point to point.

And thus it follows that the Mind which is upright in desire, and truthful in knowledge, is not disheartened at the loss of wealth: as the text asserts at the end of that part.

And by this the text intends to prove that riches are as a river flowing in the distance past the upright tower of Reason, or rather of Nobility; and that these riches cannot take Nobility away from him who has it.

And in this manner in the present Song it is argued against riches..