12 SEPTEMBER 1968, Page 26

A moral primer

Sir: I have read with interest Simon Raven's 'Moral primer for the young.' Apart from the quaint eighteenth century style of his writing. it seems on the whole to make good common sense.

It seems to me that unless one can amass sufficient capital quickly in order to achieve genuine independence, the point of saving money in small quantities is absolutely point- less. Only villains and bank robbers can really make tax-free profits these days, and the most valuable advice to the young in relation to money is therefore to use what little you have 'got as a means of enjoyment and pleasure. Yesterday has gone, tomorrow you May be dead, so why not live a little today?

Harry E. Turner 4 Woodstock Street, London WI