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other desires. For this reason it is the most isolated of all instincts. Still, it blends considerably with the morals-instinct in several ways. It involves an insistence upon order and regularization. Now the establishing of order in men's conduct is the chief effect of the morals impulse. Again, wealth is power, and brings a love of power; but the love of power is a part of the morals-instinct. The love of wealth, too, naturally seeks the aid both of morality and of government. Government is chiefly intended to defend property. Besides, the collecting instinct may lead to theft which involves a perverse development of [??]. The collecting-instinct also mingles with the war-instinct. Soldiers are naturally rapacious, and the love of wealth leads, not so much to open war, which is too hasardous for it, but to schemes for the destruction of men. A considerable proportion of all murders are for the sake of money. The collecting-instinct is also associated with the house instinct.

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