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Old 03-30-2008, 09:22 PM   #30 (permalink)
Jennihul
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Originally Posted by nvictor View Post
Was the author himself materially rich? Or just spiritually?

He was materially wealthy for a good while but apparently failed, by typical standards, toward the end of his life. There is another book about it. I prefer not to judge such things as good or bad. Money is not a necessity for wealth nor is poverty a guarantee of misery. But I think he was estranged from his family.

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