As my father has often said, he's working on his second million $ cuz he
gave up on the first.
- Pam
-----Original Message-----
I suppose it doesn't require quite the gifts of intellect to keep it as to
grow it...and certainly acquiring it in the first place is most demanding.
-jc
On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 08:49 AM, Pam Stevenson wrote:
> Congrats on the grandfatherhood!
>
> Interesting article in this month's Discover magazine about a family
> (can I
> think of their name at the moment???) that encouraged marrying cousins
> to
> keep the wealth where it started.
>
> - Pam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: When I'm in bed I'm a tourist.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of John
> Callan
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 9:36 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: the end of a family
>
>
> Its probably easier to hold a family together when there is a piece of
> land, a pile of money, or some other tangible asset, like a railroad,
> steel mill or a bank. If the assets are large, some families seem to
> enable and empower otherwise dull characters who would have trouble
> competing on an ordinary playground. But its also possible to hold
> onto an asset, even land, when its long past time to cut one's losses.
>
> Wang Lung's world may not have been quite so dynamic as ours. Families
> in our time and place are created and destroyed and occasionally
> reassembled in an incredible array of possibilities and in response to
> strange forces.
>
> I'm going to be a grandfather.
>
> -jc
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 06:39 AM, Met History wrote:
>
>> "It is the end of a family - when they begin to sell the land."
>>
>> ---Wang Lung on his deathbed in "The Good Earth"
>>
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