Saving in Vain

Professor:—“Well, candidate, which seems to you the better, that the present generation should save for the future generation, or that they should leave debts behind?”

Candidate:—“I believe it would be better to leave debts behind.”

Professor:—“Why; what are your reasons?”

Candidate:—“We can’t be expected to save for a generation, of which we do not even know whether it will exist. If the judgment day should come unexpectedly, we would have saved for nothing.”