"2. I, like each of you, will one day reach an age when the body and

mind will no longer be able to provide for themselves. But between

us, should we continue our present relations, there would be this

vital difference: You would have made an accumulation of wealth that

would be sufficient for your wants, while I would be poor in spite

of the fact that I labored with you, and next to yourselves did the

most to protect your interests. In view of my approaching

incompetence (no matter how far off it is), I am working at a

disadvantage. Would it not be right to enable me to protect myself

from this disadvantage?