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1.5 Joe Boatwright to Fred Foamer |
V Joe Boatwright to Fred FoamerYou think that you are the only wealthy man amongst us and try to ensnare my servants with higher wages and get them to your house. I am not surprised. The other day a cast of your net brought you a pile of golden sovereigns, relics perhaps of the battle of Salamis from some Persian galley that sank there, crew, cargo, and all, in the time of our ancestors when Themistocles, son of Neocles, raised the great trophy over the Persians. I for my part am content if I provide myself with a bare sufficiency by the daily work of my hands. If you are rich, combine riches with fair dealing : let your money be a servant, not in wrong doing but in honourable conduct.
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