Tales from Two Rivers

Excerpt One Epigraph

That which is scarcer is a greater good than that which is abundant,

as gold than iron,

although it is less useful, the possession of it is more valuable,

since it is more difficult to acquire.

From another point of view,

that which is abundant is to be preferred to that which is scarce,

because the use of it is greater... 

Aristotle Vol.22, Rhetoric.

Translated by J.H. Freese. Harvard University Press. William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.