As to why he abstains at all, the reasons areas diverse as the conditions of men. The dread of the unknown future, the desire to guard against the hardships of old age, or to provide for a rainy day, are common to all stages of civilisation, except perhaps, the lowest. In the more highly civilised communities we find men saving to enable their children to make a good start in life, or amassing wealth for the sake of the distinction it brings. And so on.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.