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120 We also find that they are greedy for the fruits of their labor, they never can get enough, but no matter how much they earn they are generally poor for they spend as lavishly and as thoughtlessly as they earn, They make splendid foremen and overseers, for, being so fall of vital energy and ambition themselves, they have a faculty of infusing their energy into their subordinates or forcing them to work when necessary. But being too impulsive and reckless they lack the ability to originate for themselves, They are serious and ardent in all they undertake; they cannot go into anything half-heartedly, and therefore, if they once espouse a cause, social, political or religions, they will work for that cause with all the vim and vigor of their energetic nature, But if on the other hand an Aries child becomes addicted to a vice the whole intensity of its nature is turned towards the gratification of that particular part of its lower nature. Therefore parents with Aries children have a great responsibility to set before them by precept and example the noblest and best form of conduct of which they are capable, for this is probably the most impressive sign in the zodiac, and the habits formed, the lessons learned in childhood and youth will generally cling to the person through life and make him either very good or very bad. Be particularly careful to inculcate abstinence From alcoholic liquors, for if an Aries child becomes addicted to that vice he is beyond saving and often becomes subject to delirium.