passes out of material bondage, when his place is taken by
another.

At man's transition he takes with him only character, nothing
else. If the things he has striven for during his material life
have been but chimeras: the material things of life: the fruits
of the Earth, then in that case he will find himself poor
indeed. The only real wealth, the only thing worth striving for,
is a knowledge of God and His Kingdom. And with us Martians a
knowledge of God is the ultimate goal sought for. Hence all
material things to the Martian are but expedients, soon to be
forgotten.

Material wealth is an abstraction. Its usual evidence is the
possession of property, which may be money, land, goods or
chattels, as the case may be. In final analysis this concrete
evidence of wealth is not real.

Money is nothing more or less than a stamped token entitling the
possessor to so much human effort, for the real value behind
money, after all, is but so much human energy or force, varying
according to its quality and its worth.

Other forms of property such as goods and chattels, are the
result of human endeavor and may be secured by the exchange of
money, or it may be produced by the owner.

Wealth represented by lands, which were created by God for the
benefit of all humankind. and not for the individual, is the
so-called right-secured by barter, exchange or inheritance, to