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The Love of Eve is the Root of All Money: A Survey of Humanity’s Quest for Value Allan L.T. Speedy And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and while he slept took one of his ribs, and closed up its place with flesh; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from the man, made he into a woman, and brought her unto the man. Genesis (2:21-22) I n the year 1995 I went on a backpacking expedition to Nepal, India and Indonesia travelling alone. On the south coast of West Java sits a rectangular shaped peninsular of 1300 acres jutting into the Indian Ocean connected to the mainland by a narrow neck of land. The peninsular is rocky, rugged and covered in dense jungle. It is a national park. I was staying at a $2 a night doss house (called a losmen in Indonesia) on that neck of land and went to the nearby village for breakfast and was surprised to see a redheaded woman as few Western tourists venture this far. From her limited English I discovered her name was Barbara and she hailed from Bavaria, Germany. We decided to go for a walk through the national park after breakfast and unfortunately got hideously lost. After discovering a small creek we foolishly spent several hours tramping upstream with the intention of reaching higher ground and a view of our position. Eventually we turned around and followed the stream on its way to the ocean. Just as twilight came—and night falls early in the tropics—I caught a glimpse of the sea through a gap in the jungle. “We’re saved”, I exclaimed! But I was dead wrong. We had reached not a beach but a waterfall! I stripped to my underwear and swam carefully across a small pool at the head of the falls and stared gloomily down to jagged rocks one hundred and sixty feet below while Barbara took a photograph. At least now we had some orientation but we were clearly there for the night! Fortunately we were near fresh water and located the smoothest piece of ground to sleep on. Then it started to pour with rain and despite be