*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]]. |