Because the value of something
rises if coveted by
those who go without it; where
the greater the force of their
desire, the greater must
happen to be the valuation
attributed; and, where, too
a transgression of the moral
law, however ill-advised,
in consequence shunning, proves
beyond all apparent doubt
the force of actual desire;
because of this odd economy,
when that of which we are in
possession is purloined, the
thing itself we mourn the loss
of, is mourned as a more valuable
item then than it had been
before leaving our keep, and
perhaps, this alone, should draw
from us some despair, not only
at that enhanced difference of
value that cannot be properly
owned, but more so at this negative
meaning of possession, overall,
where more is had if desired
by those who accept they have
less, and even more so, yet not
if violently dispossessed.
A beach State 