Bernstein, Aaron, Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbücher, Bd. 12-16, 1897

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            unſerm Geld
              <emph style="sp">bezahlen</emph>
            müſſen? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6332" xml:space="preserve">Sagt uns doch: </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6333" xml:space="preserve">Iſt das
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            nicht dennoch hinausgeworfenes Geld, Verſchwendung von
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            Material, — von Zeit und Menſchenkraft, die, wenn das
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            immer ſo weiter geht, die Welt ruiniert?</s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6334" xml:space="preserve">” —</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s6335" xml:space="preserve">Es thut uns leid, wenn wir zur richtigen Beantwortung
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            dieſer Frage wiederum zu einem Ausſpruch greifen müſſen, der
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            den Frager wahrſcheinlich ſtutzig macht, und den Zweifel in
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            ihm aufkommen läßt, ob wir nicht reine Sophis nen treiben.
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s6336" xml:space="preserve">— Das aber iſt wahrhaftig nicht der Fall! Unſere Antwort
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            iſt ernſt gemeint und auch richtig. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6337" xml:space="preserve">Sie lautet, wie folgt.</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s6339" xml:space="preserve">Eben dieſe ſogenannten “Verſchwendungen” ſind nicht eine
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            Quelle der Verarmung, ſondern im Gegenteil eine Quelle des
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            Reichtums und des Wohlergehens für alle, alle Menſchen,
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            ſobald ſich nur die Menſchen ſamt und ſonders auf die
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            “Verſchwendung” recht ordentlich legen. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6340" xml:space="preserve">—</s>
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            <s xml:id="echoid-s6341" xml:space="preserve">Wenn man in der Weltgeſchichte lieſt, daß Rom unter-
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            gehen mußte, weil die Römer Gaſtmähler gaben, bei welchen
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            die Verſchwendung herrſchte, ſich die Speiſen und Getränke
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            aus den fernſten Ländern der Welt herbeizuſchaffen, ſo hat
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            das ſeine vollkommene Richtigkeit. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6342" xml:space="preserve">— Was aber würde der
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            große römiſche Verſchwender
              <emph style="sp">Lucullus</emph>
            ſagen, wenn wir ihm
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            zeigen könnten, wie bei uns die Frau des armen Fabrikarbeiters
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            ſich jeden Morgen beeilt, nicht zu einem Gaſtmahl, ſondern zu
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            einem alltäglichen, häuslichen Getränk ein Material aus Bra-
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            ſilien zu beſchaffen; </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6343" xml:space="preserve">denn ihr Mann iſt ſparſam, er trinkt nicht
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            Mokka-Kaffee, ſondern begnügt ſich mit dem ſchlechteren Kaffee
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            aus Braſilien. </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6344" xml:space="preserve">— Was würde dieſer Lucullus ſagen, wenn
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            man ihm zudem noch die Verſicherung gäbe, daß jetzt alle Welt
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            dieſe Verſchwendung treibe, daß der Kaffee nicht einmal zur
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            Sättigung diene, ſondern nur eine von unſern beſten Natur-
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            forſchern noch nicht völlig erklärte Wirkung auf den Genießenden
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            ausübe? </s>
            <s xml:id="echoid-s6345" xml:space="preserve">Wie würde er ſich wundern, daß bloß zur Be-
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            friedigung dieſes Genuſſes alljährlich in Dentſchland </s>
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