Salad for the solitary and the social: . 1. THE MODERN MOLOCH. What is here?Grold I gold, yellow, glittering, precious gold,Saint-seducing gold 1 Shakspeare. O, cursed love of gold ! when for thy sakeThe fool throws up his interest in both worlds. Toung. The question proposed bj little Paul, in Domhey and Son^is suggested by the caption of our chapter— Whats money ? The reply of many would doubtless be the same as that re-turned to the young querist referred to—a mere mercantileone—namely, that it is currency, specie, and bank-notes, orgold, silver, and copper. But this did not suffice for lit
Salad for the solitary and the social: . 1. THE MODERN MOLOCH. What is here?Grold I gold, yellow, glittering, precious gold,Saint-seducing gold 1 Shakspeare. O, cursed love of gold ! when for thy sakeThe fool throws up his interest in both worlds. Toung. The question proposed bj little Paul, in Domhey and Son^is suggested by the caption of our chapter— Whats money ? The reply of many would doubtless be the same as that re-turned to the young querist referred to—a mere mercantileone—namely, that it is currency, specie, and bank-notes, orgold, silver, and copper. But this did not suffice for littlePaul; he repeated his inquiry— 1 mean whats money, afterall ? This is the question we propose to discuss in an illus- 250 THE MODERN MOLOCH. trative way. First as to its materiaL Gold and silver, styledthe precious metals—are both pure, ductile, and malleable,and unaffected by most conditions of atmosphere. They areof intrinsic and positive v^^orth, and vsrere therefore adopted asthe standards of value, to represent all commer
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