The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

The invention of money opened a new field to human avarice by giving rise to usury and the practice of lending money at interest while the owner passes a life of idleness.

What is there more unruly than the sea, with its winds, its tornadoes, and its tempests? And yet in what department of her works has Nature been more seconded by the ingenuity of man than in this, by his inventions of sails and of oars?