is that for us wounded human beings, possessing imperceptibly slips into being possessed. No sooner do I have a watch of some quality than I begin to be reluctant to part with it even if someone needs it more than I do. This means that it, a mere thing, has taken a hold on my heart. It is not only the miser who is possessed by his money. He is merely a strong case of all of us who are less than saints. One of the most rapid ways to upset a man is to suggest that he ought to part with the superfluous