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08/25/2004: "Economics"

I find that I act from principle, and from interest. Principle, in that I look to the general good, and how an action can help achieve it, even when the action may have no direct benefit to me in particular. For instance, I am active in support of the Sunday School, and serve on the committee that oversees it, not because I have any children that will benefit from it, but because I believe that the nurture and care of children is the busines of everyone, and want to be an example of that principle. By interest, I mean curiosity, and the desire for knowledge, and the hope for wisdom, and I mean love, for curiosity without love is not interest, but voyeurism.