A near horizon whose sharp jags
Cut brutally into a sky
Of leaden heaviness, and crags

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What good advice, which, even though we live in one of the most affluent societies which ever existed in history, is as true today as ever, perhaps even more so. Today, in the consumer culture of New York and the United States as a whole, we are sent the message that we can have everything we want now. But ultimately this is foolish advice, and when banks collapse and debt increases, and money for loans dry up, the wisdom of delaying satisfaction and instead saving and investing becomes crystal clear.

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