“As the seed to the plant, as the crocodile’s egg to the living reptile, so is the thought of the heart to the deed of the hand,” answered old Isaac. “Man seeth the action, God searcheth the heart. In God’s sight he that hateth, murders; and he that coveteth, steals. It is written in the Bible: _The love of money is the root of all evil_ (1 Tim. vi. 10). Dig up the root, and no poisonous fruits can appear.”