Summary: delay: it is plain that he does not save up from the past; for the past is gone and cannot be altered by any action now taken. And that he does wait for the future, which is possible of alteration. If he chooses to’ forgo an immediate satisfaction, it by the working, of his waiting; a future satisfaction is made possible, which otherwise could not have been’ enjoyed. Now in the interval between the resisting of the present pleasure and the enjoying of a future pleasure, our consumption-fund grows.''getJSON