# Mammonart: An essay in economic interpretation Author: Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69027 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Mammonart%3A+An+essay+in+economic+interpretation+Sinclair&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary One evening in the year minus ninety-eight thousand and seventy-six--that is, one hundred thousand years ago--Ogi, the son of Og, sat in front of a blazing fire in the cave, licking his greasy lips and wiping his greasy fingers upon the thick brown hair of his chest. The grease on Ogi’s lips and fingers had come from a chunk out of an aurochs, which Ogi had roasted on a sharpened stick before the fire. The tribe had been hunting that day, and Ogi himself had driven the spear through the eye of the great creature. Being young, he was a hero; and now he had a hero’s share of meat in him, and sat before the fire, sleepy-eyed, retracing in dull, slow revery the incidents of the hunt. ## Chapters - [CHAPTER CVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/109/index.md) - [CHAPTER CXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/112/index.md) - [CHAPTER CIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/110/index.md) - [CHAPTER C](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/101/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/59/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER CVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/108/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/99/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/67/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/58/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/51/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/87/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/81/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/98/index.md) - [CHAPTER CVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/107/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/97/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/70/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/95/index.md) - [CHAPTER CII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/103/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/96/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/93/index.md) - [CHAPTER LX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/60/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/61/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER CIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/105/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER CIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/104/index.md) - [CHAPTER CX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/111/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/100/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/54/index.md) - [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER XC](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/91/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/85/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/62/index.md) - [CHAPTER CI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/102/index.md) - [CHAPTER CV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/106/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/89/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/20/index.md) - [book twenty-five years ago, when I thought ‘Sartor Resartus’ the most](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/69/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/75/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/80/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/74/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/88/index.md) - [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/71/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/57/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/72/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/79/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/65/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/83/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/76/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/94/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/82/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/86/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/56/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/90/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/78/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/73/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/84/index.md) - [CHAPTER LV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/55/index.md) - [CHAPTER XCI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/92/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/77/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/63/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/66/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/64/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER LXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/mammonart-an-essay-in-economic-interpretation-69027/chapters/68/index.md)