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Tell him too much money has killed men and left them dead years before burial: |
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Answer» Reference: These lines are from the poem, ‘A Father to his Son” written by Carl August Sandburg. Context: The poet says these words while dwelling on the evil effects of amassing wealth beyond basic needs. Explanation: Oliver Goldsmith says, “Where wealth accumulates, man decays.” The poet says that a man who amasses wealth against ethical principles is spiritually dead. The wealth earned should benefit a large number of people and not the individual who initiated the wealth. |
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