He replied: "I have come to this conclusion. South America was settled by the Spanish who came to South America in search of _gold_, but North America was settled by the Pilgrim Fathers who went there in search of _God_." Friends, let us as American citizens never kick down the ladder by which we climbed up. Let us never forget the foundation upon which all permanent prosperity is based. _Printed in the United States of America_ End of Project Gutenberg's Fundamentals of Prosperity, by Roger W. Babson