A recent reading of James Thomson's 1748 The Castle of Indolence in honour of the Beaverbrook's The Fountain of Indolence (Turner 1755-1851 ) passed over the poet's remarks on interest without comment ( I chose to say nothing, being more interested in Whistler.)
But today I have a Kanji contra-EP. Pound on usury meets his match in the Japanese Kanji for breath and respiration: 息 ( iki, oki ) as in profit 利 ( ri ) and profitable interest 利息 or interest income.
Dividend-paying stocks, anyone? Teach our children to save or to invest wisely? Deride speculators and speculation.
Did Eliot often contradict Keynes when when that American heard him in Bloomsland? Arthur Waley was there, after all.
adam, Atem, ahem
息 - musuko ; soku ( son, penis ) colloquial, non-formal, familial speech
Today I must be feeling like a lettuce, but one that is いきのいい
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