[The Lion and The Mouse by Charles Klein]@TWC D-Link bookThe Lion and The Mouse CHAPTER XVI 23/37
It happened to fall my way.
I took it as a means to get to your heart." "But it is yours, please take it.
It will be useful." "No," she said scornfully, "I can't tell you how low I should fall in my own estimation if I took your money! Money," she added, with ringing contempt, "why, that's all there is to _you!_ It's your god! Shall I make your god my god? No, thank you, Mr.Ryder!" "Am I as bad as that ?" he asked wistfully. "You are as bad as that!" she answered decisively. "So bad that I contaminate even good money ?" He spoke lightly but she noticed that he winced. "Money itself is nothing," replied the girl, "it's the spirit that gives it--the spirit that receives it, the spirit that earns it, the spirit that spends it.
Money helps to create happiness.
It also creates misery.
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