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(P. 6.) [centered] (Special.)

(Parsimony.)

Holds on with a tight grasp –
no matter how much he may have.
If money – he will sell any-
-thing he has, coat even – to get & retain
it –. If land be the object of his
propens. [propensity] he will covet acre after acre
& will not part with an inch for the
world – will pay in money twice
its value, to keep it – serving in
fear lest he shall not have a
place for his grave when dead.