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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 9, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 46, No. 23.

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Mind vs. Money.

By Uriah Smith

Two notable persons have recently died: Vice-President Wilson and Wm. B. Astor. The former died not worth a penny; and the whole civilized world is filled with expressions of respect for the man and grief for his death. The latter died worth one hundred millions, and having an income of several thousand dollars a day above all outlays, and scarcely a passing remark is made about the event. The former was a noble, generous, patriotic man; through the riches of his cultivated intellect a benefactor of the nation, a blessing to the race. The latter was considered a sordid, selfish, miserly man, setting such an example only as would curse any man to follow. Hence the one is honored, and the name of the other is left to perish with his hoarded gold. Mind triumphs over money. Henry Wilson with his empty coffers died infinitely the richer man. U. S.