Thinkers and Treasurers, Part I

Abstract

I think you and I are in favor of salvation. You may call it, if you like, "the good society" or "the good life" (as a philosopher would) or "efficient living" (as a scientist or businessman would). I a little prefer the old, grand theological word, because it suggests a reference to something extremely important and extremely hard to get. But I don't mean anything supernatural by it—and neither would the theologians, if they truly knew their own minds.

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