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The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

CHAPTER XVII
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No one else in the world save yourself is of any real account." "A thousand pounds," Mr.Bomford interposed, "is a great deal of money for a young man in your position." "It is a very great deal," Burton admitted.

"But what you and Mr.
Cowper both seem to forget is the very small part that money plays in the acquisition of real happiness.

Money will not buy the joy which makes life worth living, it will not buy the power to appreciate, the power to discriminate.

It will not buy taste or the finer feelings, without the possession of which one becomes a dolt, a thing that creeps about the face of the world.

I thank you for your offer, professor, and Mr.Bomford, but I have nothing to sell.


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