This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... social antagonisms chapter I the war of wants 'I she wants of modern man--and woman .--are more numerous than those of their ancestors, for we know more, and knowledge breeds wants. The early savage who fell sick presumably wanted to get well, though it perhaps did not make much difference to him. The ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ... social antagonisms chapter I the war of wants 'I she wants of modern man--and woman .--are more numerous than those of their ancestors, for we know more, and knowledge breeds wants. The early savage who fell sick presumably wanted to get well, though it perhaps did not make much difference to him. The medicine man was sent for, and the evil spirits of the colic or gallstones were sought to be driven out; but if the complaint was serious enough the savage died. Knowledge Breeds Wants It was all a comparatively simple matter. The afflicted desired the wizard of the tribe to rattle dried beans in a bag over his suffering frame; nothing more. He did not ask for a trained nurse, because she was unknown. As there was no large city to which he could wire for a high-priced doctor, he died inexpensively. Not having any property to leave behind, he called no attorney to commit to paper his last will and testament. From our knowing more, death is fought with all the weapons that ingenuity can devise and money buy. It is fought off in the forties by golf sticks among the wealthy and by dollara-bottle dopes among the lowly. Knowing that there are ways of fighting for one's life, and that some of these have proved of service, and all hold out hope, the man of the twentieth century creates a drain upon financial resources through his many wants when taken sick. Many of our wants, and civilization consistsin their increase, are due to the realization of actual needs, needs which have long existed but have not always been thought about. The ignorant man needs books, but does not necessarily want them. He should want them, but he is not always conscious of the need; when he becomes so he takes a long step upward. The small boy may need to visit a dentist, ..
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