Money is the source of all evil?

William Hazlitt is a nineteenth century author who wrote an essay called, "On the want of Money". This piece was evaluated in class and proposed the question, "is money the root of all evil or is it a source of happiness?" In my opinion, i believe that money can be a source of happiness but at the sane time,  it may also be the root of most evil actions. This is because, money can allow a person to feed their loved ones and help sustain life. However, many people consider selling things in the black market, selling drugs, buying drugs, and gambling just for the sake of money. Money can invoke greed and make people develop a higher self esteem and ego. In this case, money can cause people to do thinks that can be considered immoral or inhumane. In Hazlitt's essay, he provides the reader with many examples about life would be for a person that is considered wealthy versus a person who is considered poor. Hazlitt says, "To be in want of it, ... is to live out of the world, or to be despised if you come into it; it is not to be sent for to court; ... it is to be scrutinized by strangers, and neglected by friends" to describe what a deathly person can experience. On the other hand, Hazlitt describes a poor person by saying, "full of enthusiasm and extravagance in youth, ... or avoided by those who know your worth and shrink from it as a claim on their respect or their purse; to be burden to your relations, or unable to do anything for them; to be ashamed to venture into crowds; to have cold comfort at home". By saying this Hazlitt is trying to say that even though someone can have a lot of money, they might not necessarily be happy and vise versa for poor people. At the end of his essay, Hazlitt says "The wiseacres will possibly, however, crowd round your coffin, an raise a monument at a considerable expense expense, and after a lapse of time to commemorate your genius and your misfortunes!" By ending his essay with this sentence, he gives his readers the idea that at the end of the day, people will still talk about you whether you are rich or poor.  

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