為金錢正名

"Here, as elsewhere, we must bear in mind that the desire to make
money does not itself necessarily proceed from motives of a low order,
even when it is to be spent on oneself. Money is a means towards ends,
and if the ends are noble, the desire for the means is not ignoble.
The lad who works hard and saves all he can, in order to be able to
pay his way afterwards at a University, is eager for money; but his
eagerness is not ignoble. In short, money is general purchasing power,
and is sought as a means to all kinds of ends, high as well as low,
spiritual as well as material."

---"Principles of Economics", author: Alfred Marshall

『在這裡，一如在其它地方，我們得記住，即追求金錢並不一定就是品德低下，既使那金錢是要用在自身。金錢是達到目的的手段，若其目的高尚，則其追求金錢的動力就不會不高尚。那拼命做工賺錢並省下每一毫的小伙子，若這是為了要支付他將來上大學的費用，那他對金錢的追求就不低下。簡而言之，金錢是一普遍的購買力；而追求它的慾望未必就低劣。金錢可説是達到各種目的的手段，而目的有的高尚有的卑下、有些是精神的，有的是物質的。』
－－－"經濟學原理"，作者：馬歇爾