WEALTH IS BARREN.
That wealth can produce wealth is the assumption of Shylock.
Shylock—"When Jacob grazed his Uncle Laban's sheep—
This Jacob from our holy Abraham was
The third possessor; ay, he was the third."
Antonio—"And what of him? Did he take interest?"
Shylock—"No, not take interest; not as you would say,
Directly interest. Mark what Jacob did." * * *
Antonio—"This was a venture, sir, that Jacob served for;
A thing not in his power to bring to pass—
But swayed and fashioned by the hand of Heaven.
Was this inserted to make interest good?
Or is your gold and silver, ewes and rams?"
Shylock—"I can not tell; I make them breed as fast."
—Merchant of Venice.
It is only intelligent energy that can produce wealth. Even the natural resources must be subdued and shaped by intelligent energy to be of