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*2. 69:5.5 ''[[Love]] of [[family]]'' —[[desire]] to provide for their wants. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%28economics%29 Capital] [[represents]] the saving of [[property]] in spite of the [[pressure]] of the wants of today in order to insure against the demands of the [[future]]. A part of this future need may have to do with one's [[posterity]].
 
*2. 69:5.5 ''[[Love]] of [[family]]'' —[[desire]] to provide for their wants. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_%28economics%29 Capital] [[represents]] the saving of [[property]] in spite of the [[pressure]] of the wants of today in order to insure against the demands of the [[future]]. A part of this future need may have to do with one's [[posterity]].
 
*3. 69:5.6 ''[[Vanity]]'' —longing to display one's [[property]] accumulations. Extra clothing was one of the first badges of distinction. [[Collection]] [[vanity]] early appealed to the [[pride]] of man.
 
*3. 69:5.6 ''[[Vanity]]'' —longing to display one's [[property]] accumulations. Extra clothing was one of the first badges of distinction. [[Collection]] [[vanity]] early appealed to the [[pride]] of man.
*4. 69:5.7 ''[[Position]]'' —[[eagerness]] to buy [[social]] and [[political]] [[prestige]]. There early sprang up a [[commercial]]ized nobility, admission to which depended on the [[performance]] of some special [[service]] to royalty or was granted frankly for the payment of [[money]].
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*4. 69:5.7 ''[[Social Status|Position]]'' —[[eagerness]] to buy [[social]] and [[political]] [[prestige]]. There early sprang up a [[commercial]]ized nobility, admission to which depended on the [[performance]] of some special [[service]] to royalty or was granted frankly for the payment of [[money]].
 
*5. 69:5.8 ''[[Power]]'' —the craving to be master. [[Money|Treasure]] lending was carried on as a means of [[enslavement]], one hundred per cent a year being the loan rate of these ancient times. The moneylenders made themselves kings by creating a standing army of debtors. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_antiquity Bond servants] were among the earliest form of [[property]] to be accumulated, and in olden days debt [[slavery]] extended even to the [[control]] of the [[body]] after [[death]].
 
*5. 69:5.8 ''[[Power]]'' —the craving to be master. [[Money|Treasure]] lending was carried on as a means of [[enslavement]], one hundred per cent a year being the loan rate of these ancient times. The moneylenders made themselves kings by creating a standing army of debtors. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_antiquity Bond servants] were among the earliest form of [[property]] to be accumulated, and in olden days debt [[slavery]] extended even to the [[control]] of the [[body]] after [[death]].
 
*6. 69:5.9 ''[[Fear]] of the [[ghosts]] of the dead'' —[[priest]] fees for [[protection]]. Men early began to give [[death]] presents to the [[priests]] with a view to having their [[property]] used to [[facilitate]] their [[progress]] through the next life. The priesthoods thus became very rich; they were chief among ancient [[capitalists]].
 
*6. 69:5.9 ''[[Fear]] of the [[ghosts]] of the dead'' —[[priest]] fees for [[protection]]. Men early began to give [[death]] presents to the [[priests]] with a view to having their [[property]] used to [[facilitate]] their [[progress]] through the next life. The priesthoods thus became very rich; they were chief among ancient [[capitalists]].