[16] Infact, thesummumbonum10ofhisethic, theearningofmoreandmoremoney, combinedwiththestrictavoidanceofallspontaneousenjoymentoflife, isaboveallcompletelydevoidofanyeudemonistic, nottosayhedonistic, , thatfromthepointofviewofthehappinessof, orutilityto, thesingleindividual, , , soirrationalfromanaivepointofview, , whyshould “moneybemadeoutofmen”, BenjaminFranklinhimself, althoughhewasacolorlessdeist, answersinhisautobiographywithaquotationfromtheBible, whichhisstrictCalvinisticfatherdrummedintohimagainandagaininhisyouth: “Seestthouamandiligentinhisbusiness? Heshallstandbeforekings.” Theearningofmoneywithinthemoderneconomicorderis, solongasitisdonelegally, theresultandtheexpressionofvirtueandproficiencyinacalling; andthisvirtueandproficiencyare, asitisnownotdifficulttosee, therealAlphaandOmegaofFranklin’sethic, asexpressedinthepassageswehavequoted, aswellasinallhisworkswithoutexception.
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: aformermonetaryunitinGreatBritainworthonetwentiethofapound先令
: aformerEnglishsilvercoinworthfourpennies, takenoutofcirculationinthe17thcentury格罗特；英国四便士银币
: (1706-1790) oneoftheFoundingFathersoftheUnitedStates, astatesman, author, publisher, scientist, , heservedintheSecondContinentalCongressandhelpeddrafttheDeclarationofIndependencein1776.Healsonegotiatedthe1783TreatyofParisthatendedtheRevolutionaryWar (1775-1783).From1785to1788, heservedasgovernorofPennsylvania, .
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