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Chapter 24 - Tablet No. I - p. 102
Now, when the moon becometh full, I, Dabasir, who am but recently returned from slavery in Syria, with the determination to pay my many just debts and become a man of means worthy of respect in my native city of Babylon, do here engrave upon the clay a permanent record of my affairs to guide and assist me in carrying through my high desires.
Under the wise advice of my good friend Mathon, the gold lender, I am determined to follow an exact plan that he doth say will lead any honorable man out of debt into means and self respect.
This plan includeth three purposes which are my hope and desire.
First, the plan doth provide for my future prosperity.
Therefore one-tenth of all I earn shall be set aside as my own to keep. For Mathon speaketh wisely when he saith:
"That man who keepeth in his purse both gold and silver that he need not spend is good to his family and loyal to his king.
"The man who hath but a few coppers in his purse is indifferent to his family and indifferent to his king.
"But the man who hath naught in his purse is unkind to his family and is disloyal to his king, for his own heart is bitter.
"Therefore, the man who wisheth to achieve must have coin that he may keep to jingle in his purse, that he have in his heart love for his family and loyalty to his king."
