human
I almost think you are, she said.
gpt
How is the new claim progressing?
human
Reasonably well. In fact, although Sewell is apparently getting rich on the one I threw away, I can't complain. What he makes will, at least, be spent on what he thinks is doing good, while I want mine for my own selfish purposes.
gpt
They are necessarily selfish?
human
Well, he said,
gpt
I suppose so. You see, a third-share in Tomlinson's claim is not of itself of much value to me. It only provides the money to make a start with.
human
That implies a going on?
gpt
It does, and Ingleby laughed.
human
There is room, I think, in this Province for men who will take big risks, and boldly stake what they have on the advancement of its prosperity. I'm not sure there is any reason I shouldn't be one of them.
gpt
And gather in the money? More than you are entitled to? Haven't you been changing your opinions?
human
I suppose I have--that is, I have modified them. One has to now and then, he said.
gpt
Still, you see, the men I mean don't grind money out of others. They create it. They take hold of the wilderness, bridge the rivers, drive the roads through it, and the ranches and the orchards follow. Every man who makes a new home in the waste owes a little to them.
human
Still, all that is not done easily. One must have the faith--and, as you suggest, the money with which to make the start. Even then the ladder is hard to climb.