Chapter 10 - Man's Colossal Stupidity

IT IS NOT inconceivable that a few generations from now, when "a little leaven shall have leavened the whole," historians may record this age as the period of man's great stupidity. It is understandable even now. If we were notified tomorrow that a deceased relative had left us a million dollars, and we had only to identify ourselves and receive the fortune, what would be our reaction? Many of us would mentally claim the money and begin spending it before the check was in our hands. Others would conservatively await the receipt of the check before changing the basis of their living. But what of the man who paid no attention to it? The man who treated it as he might treat a notice that he had won a shaving mug? Probably the kindest thought any of us would have about him would be that that man should certainly have a guardian!

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