It is not the dealing in livings but the thinking they can buy the Holy
Ghost for money which vulgar rich people indulge in when they dabble in
literature, music and painting.
Nevertheless, on reflection it must be admitted that the Holy Ghost is
very hard to come by without money. For the Holy Ghost is only another
term for the Fear of the Lord, which is Wisdom. And though Wisdom cannot
be gotten for gold, still less can it be gotten without it. Gold, or the
value that is equivalent to gold, lies at the root of Wisdom, and enters
so largely into the very essence of the Holy Ghost that “No gold, no Holy
Ghost” may pass as an axiom. This is perhaps why it is not easy to buy
Wisdom by whatever name it be called—I mean, because it is almost
impossible to sell it. It is a very unmarketable commodity, as those who
have received it truly know to their own great bane and boon.