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William Graham Sumner

"The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital."

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"The great hinderance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital."

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"If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control."
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"Labor organizations are formed, not to employ combined effort for a common object, but to indulge in declamation and denunciation, and especially to furnish an easy living to some officers who do not want to work."
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