. _:vb6983671 "His reward for his merit was a check for $50."@en . "3" . _:vb6983672 . . _:vb6983673 . _:vb6983673 "In all our noble Anglo-Saxon language, there is scarcely a nobler word than worth; yet this term has now almost exclusively a pecuniary meaning. So that if you ask what a man is worth, nobody ever thinks of telling you what he is, but what he has. The answer will never refer to his merits, his virtues, but always to his possessions. He is worth\u2014so much money."@en . _:vb6983673 "1877, Richard Fuller, \u201CSermon Thirteenth. The Gospel Stifled by Covetousness.\u201D, in Sermons by Richard Fuller,\u00A0[\u2026] (Second Series), Baltimore, Md.: Published by John F[rederick] Weishampel, Jr.; Philadelphia, Pa.: American Baptist Publication Society; New York, N.Y.: Sheldon and Company, \u2192OCLC, page 244:"@en . . _:vb6983670 . _:vb6983672 "Such was Ro\u017Fcommon\u2014not more learn\u2019d than good; / With Manners gen\u2019rous as his Noble Blood; / To him the Wit of Greece and Rome was known, / And ev\u2019ry Author\u2019s Merit but his own."@en . . _:vb6983670 "(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward."@en . _:vb6983671 . _:vb6983672 "1711 May, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Criticism, London: [\u2026] W[illiam] Lewis\u00A0[\u2026]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor\u00A0[\u2026], T[homas] Osborn[e]\u00A0[\u2026], and J[ohn] Graves\u00A0[\u2026], \u2192OCLC, page 42:"@en . .