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Chapter XXXIII. Without The Walled City: The Slope Of The Years

           Frequentlythereisaperiodbetweenthecessationofyouthfulaccretionandthesettingin,inthecaseofthemiddle-agedman,ofthetendencytowarddecaywhenthetwoprocessesarealmostperfectlybalancedandthereislittledoingineitherdirection.Giventimeenough,however,thebalancebecomesasaggingtothegraveside.Slowlyatfirst,thenwithamodestmomentum,andatlastthegravewardprocessisinthefullswing.Soitisfrequentlywithman’sfortune.Ifitsprocessofaccretionisneverhalted,ifthebalancingstageisneverreached,therewillbenotoppling.Richmenare,frequently,inthesedays,savedfromthisdissolutionoftheirfortunebytheirabilitytohireyoungerbrains.Theseyoungerbrainslookupontheinterestsofthefortuneastheirown,andsosteadyanddirectitsprogress.Ifeachindividualwereleftabsolutelytothecareofhisowninterests,andweregiventimeenoughinwhichtogrowexceedinglyold,hisfortunewouldpassashisstrengthandwill.Heandhiswouldbeutterlydissolvedandscattereduntothefourwindsoftheheavens.

           Butnowseewhereintheparallelchanges.Afortune,likeaman,isanorganismwhichdrawstoitselfothermindsandotherstrengththanthatinherentinthefounder.Besidetheyoungmindsdrawntoitbysalaries,itbecomesalliedwithyoungforces,whichmakeforitsexistenceevenwhenthestrengthandwisdomofthefounderarefading.Itmaybeconservedbythegrowthofacommunityorofastate.Itmaybeinvolvedinprovidingsomethingforwhichthereisagrowingdemand.

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