It is for this that they plow and sow and reap and gather into barns.
It is for this that they blow the bellows and swing the heavy hammers from morn until night.
It is for this they buy and sell and buy again to sell again.
It is for this that men will spend years of toil in schools and colleges, burning the midnight lamp till the eye is heavy and the brain is tired.
It is for this that they will leave wife and children to try their fortunes in some distant California or Australia.
It is for this they will abandon their homes in time of war to brave the dangers of the battle-field.
It is for this that they will worry away the hours of night in games to get each other's money.
It is for this they will devise schemes and lay plans to entrap their fellows, some times going to the length of committing murder.
It is for this that women will toil with the needle and bend over the sewing machine.
It is for this they will stand for weary hours behind counters measuring off goods or waiting for customers to buy.