The Richest Man In Babylon : Chapter I - The Richest Man in Babylon
~A PART OF ALL YOU EARN IS YOURS TO KEEP. ~
"And one day Algamish, the money lender, came to the house of the city master and ordered a
copy of the Ninth Law, and he said to me, I must have this in two days, and if the task is done by that
time, two coppers will I give to thee."
"So I labored hard, but the law was long, and when Algamish returned the task was unfinished.
He was angry, and had I been his slave, he would have beaten me. But knowing the city master would
not permit him to injure me, I was unafraid, so I said to him, 'Algamish, you are a very rich man. Tell
me how I may also become rich, and all night I will carve upon the clay, and when the sun rises it shall
be completed.'
