"What are you doing with my wagon?" cried Charles.

"I am just playing with it," said Jim. "You weren't using it."

"Well, give it here," said Charles, "it's mine."

"Then you cannot play with my basketball," said Jim.

Shortly after Charles had taken his wagon away from the younger brother, it was again sitting idle. The problem of sharing things is a real one not only in families, but in communities and nations.

Each generation tends to believe that all that has been achieved and…