“Supposing that you and I should want the same thing—how would you settle that question?”
“Well, I guess there can be more than one of these things made.”
“I might want a cow that you would want, or a horse; you might want the same thing—how would you settle that matter?”
“I work for it and get it.”
“I thought you did not believe in that?” continued Mr. Grinnell.
“You did not hear me say anything of the kind. I said that we should have the right to work so that we could make a living. We didn’t want anything without work.”
“Now, you figure that a man who has got a hundred thousand dollars by reason of having worked hard, stands in your way; isn’t that your idea?”
“Yes.”
“Suppose I have got ten cows and you don’t get any; you have been lazy and haven’t earned your ten cows. Now, how do you get half of my cows?”