The Note Books Of Samuel Butler

182 Cash and Credit

in one is common form in another. It is a case of the division
of labour and a man will gravitate towards one class of
workers or another according as he is built. There is neither
higher nor lower about it.

I should like to put it on record that I understand it and
am not inclined to regret the arrangements that have made
me possible.

My Birthright

I had to steal my own birthright. I stole it and was bitterly
punished. But I saved my soul alive.