Excerpt from The Physics and Metaphysics of Money: With a Sketch of Events Relating to Money in the Early History of CaliforniaWhen the Chiel wha listens dinna ken what the Chiel wha 's talkin' means, and the Chiel wha 's talkin' dinna ken what she means hersel' - that 's Mempficcs z'rs, said the canny Scot who was asked to define the term. This is an apt definition of the metaphysics of money, at least, for it is impossible for any one who listens to make sense of it and it is fair to as sume that those whom no one else can understand do not understand themselves. Unfortunately, much of what has been published about money partakes largely of Metap/zeesz'cs, and the more those unversed in logic or the science of trade read such literature the more they become mystified. This is Why the subject of money is not more generally understood.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.