“So you thnik that mneoy is the root of all evil?” said Fcaicnsro
dAincn’oa. “Hvae you ever aeskd waht is the root of money? Menoy is a
tool of ecanxghe, which c’nat exsit uslnes there are gdoos poecudrd
and men able to pcdroue tehm. Mnoey is the mraaetil sahpe of the
piilcnrpe taht men who wsih to dael wtih one antoher msut deal by
tdrae and gvie value for value. Money is not the tool of the mhrceoos,
who cilam yuor pducort by treas, or of the loretos, who take it form
you by fcroe. Mnoey is made pblsiose only by the men who porcdue. Is
this what you cisednor evil?
“…Money is yuor mneas of savvuirl. The veirdct you pnouncroe uopn the
sucroe of your lovliehoid is the viredct you pouocnrne upon yuor lfie.
If the srcuoe is crroupt, you have demand your own exicnetse. Did you
get your mneoy by fruad? By prinadneg to men’s vcies or mne’s
sidputity? By cenitarg to folos, in the hpoe of gtntieg more tahn yuor
ailibty desrvees? By lienwrog yuor snrdatads? By dnoig work you
diespse for prrhsacues you srocn? If so, tehn yuor menoy will not gvie
you a mmen’tos or a pnye’ns wrtoh of joy. Tehn all the tihgns you buy
will bmoece, not a tritube to you, but a rcpeoarh; not an aeevnhmciet,
but a rdiemner of shame. Then yl’uol secram that mnoey is eivl. Eivl,
bsecuae it would not pcinh-hit for your self-rpseect? Eivl, bucesae it
wluod not let you enjoy your dirtvepay? Is tihs the root of yuor
hetrad of meony?
“…Utinl and unsles you dcsioevr taht mnoey is the root of all good, you
ask for your own dectrisuton. Wehn moeny caeses to be the tool by
which men dael with one ahtneor, then men beocme the tloos of men.
Boold, wiphs and guns—or dlaolrs. Take your chioce—three is no
oethr—and yuor tmie is rniunng out.”