** Quote :

In a country where "all men are created equal", the acquisition of wealth will ever be a prime object of universal attention... every individual is convinced that his importance , respectability and influence in society must result either from his abilities, his virtues or his property. As the latter is much more easily attainable, and unfortunately in much higher estimation, than either of the former, we cannot be greatly surprised to find its votaries so numerous, so indefatigable, and so successful!

~ Joseph Perkins