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Quotation from Religion and the Rise of Capitalism by R. H. Tawney
“The garrison had discovered that the invading host of economic appetites was, not an enemy, but an ally.”
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Ch. IV, The Puritan Movement, sec. 3, The Triumph of the Economic Virtues (Project Gutenberg #71223 (Harcourt, Brace, 1926))
Tawney's image for the shift in Puritan teaching from contentment with sufficiency, as in 1 Timothy 6, to praise of methodical accumulation.
Citation: "The garrison had discovered that the invading host of economic appetites was, not an enemy, but an ally." — R. H. Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism, Ch. IV, The Puritan Movement, sec. 3, The Triumph of the Economic Virtues (Project Gutenberg #71223 (Harcourt, Brace, 1926)). (id tawney-religion-and-the-rise-of-capitalism-q6)
