[The Investment of Influence by Newell Dwight Hillis]@TWC D-Link bookThe Investment of Influence CHAPTER V 16/20
Such conditions demand forbearance and mutual sympathy.
Some men are born with little and some with large skill for acquiring wealth, the two differing as the scythe that gathers a handful of wheat differs from the reaper built for vast harvests and carrying the sickle of success.
For generations the ancestors back of one man's father were thrifty and the ancestors back of his mother were far-sighted, and the two columns met in him, and like two armies joined forces for a vast campaign for wealth.
Beside him is a brother, whose thoughts and dreams go everywhither with the freedom of an eagle, but who walks midst practical things with the eagle's halting gait.
The strong one was born, not for spoiling his weaker brother, but to guard and guide and plan for him. This is the lesson of nature--the strong must bear the burdens of the weak.
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