...not attack riches and the pursuit of riches as bad in themselves. " There are few ways," he said, " in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." 3 He would probably have agreed * with Addison tnlrf it was perilous for a trader to break away from...

...and the company below your ambition Emerson^ J^ X, 51. MONEY MONEY makes a man laugh. Selden, 100. THERE are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. Dr. Johnson, B, II, 323. GENERALLY Money lies nearest them that are nearest their Graves. Wm. Penn,...

...Hyp. 57. Cf. Life of ]., 2. 369: Mr. Strahan put Johnson in mind of a remark which he had made to himj "There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." See also Johnson's comment on Garrick (ibid., 3. 8 1 ) : "I am of opinion, the reputation of avarice...

...importance everywhere. The saints and sages quarrel with it and scourge it. To be sure, Dr. Johnson said, 'There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.' 4 But in general the saints and sages do not agree with this view. They point out the insidious, corrupting...

...saying of Johnson is a temptation to discursive essay. " There are," he told Strahan, the publisher, " few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." It was characteristic of Johnson to hate the cant of the simple life. He knew that the good things...

...love of money 12 Originally, man; corrected by a note at the end of Hyf. 57. Cf. Life of J., a. 369: Mr. Strahan put Johnson in mind of a remark which he had made to him1 "There «re few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money." See...

...avarice became acumen; sloth, leisure; and pride, ambition: so much so that Samuel Johnson could say. "There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. A religious vocabulary of passions had been replaced by a commercial vocabulary of interests. A similar...

...is like muck, not good except it be spread. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer Men who make money rarely saunter; men...

...conducting affairs than 'passions' of a more bellicose nature. With Dr Johnson's pronouncement that 'there are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money', it becomes a positively harmless pastime. Indeed, as the most dogged and persistent of passions, it...

...greed. Again: The morality of the almighty dollar is not the worst of moralities. Dr. Johnson said, "There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently...of this, [said Strahan] the juster it will appear" (Boswell 1949 [1791], 532; 27 March 1775). So it has appeared in the long conversation after 1775....