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...tons of silver had been pumped back to Spain from the mineral veins of its colonies, altering the political balance of Europe. "It is his Indian Golde," wrote Sir Walter Raleigh of the Emperor Charles V in 1596, "that indangereth and disturbeth all the nations of Europe, it purchaseth intelligence, creepeth into Councels." Indeed, the tonnage figure is conservative. Much more was taken than the clerks recorded. And for centuries, at home as well as abroad, all was destroyed. Until quite recently, Raleigh's "Indian Golde" was still being sold under the counter to Panamanian dentists for tooth fillings...
...cometh the young man who purchaseth the admission ticket for the frivolous showhouse, for a shekel that is of the value of one dollar, and wanteth to sell it to his companions for skekels of the value of three dollars. When the prophet saith, "put money in thy purse," he meaneth not that thou shouldst strive to found a national bank in thy vest pocket. Selah...
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