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When the business man who fights to secure special privileges, to crowd his competitor off the track by other than fair competitive methods, receives the same summary disdainful ostracism by his fellows that the doctor or lawyer who is ‘unprofessional,.

Ida Tarbell

The methods it employs with such acumen, persistency, and secrecy are employed by all sorts of business men, from corner grocers up to bankers. If exposed, they are excused on the ground that this is business.
IDA TARBELL

Acumen Auch Banker Business Corner Employ Employed Expose Grocer Ground Method Persistency Secrecy Sort
The economic advantages of sobriety have never been doubtful.
IDA TARBELL

Advantage Doubtful Economic Have Been Sobriety
They fought their way to control by rebate and drawback, bribe and blackmail, espionage and price cutting, by ruthless efficiency of organization.
IDA TARBELL

Blackmail Bribe Control Cut Drawback Efficiency Espionage Fought Organization Price Ruthless Way
The only reason I am glad I am a woman is because I will not have to marry one.
IDA TARBELL

Glad Have Marry One Only Reason Will Woman
The quest of the truth had been born in me – the most tragic and incomplete, as well as the most essential, of man’s quests.
IDA TARBELL

Been Born Essential Incomplete Man Most Quest Tragic Truth Well
The inference is that the men alone render useful service. But neither man nor woman eats these things until the woman has prepared it.
IDA TARBELL

Alone Bether Interfere Men Prepare Render Service Thing Useful Woman
An excuse which, if carried to its legitimate conclusion, would leave our business men weeping on one another’s shoulders over human frailty, while they picked one another’s pockets.
IDA TARBELL

Another Business Carry Conclusion Excuse Frailty Human Leave Legitimate Men One Pick Pocket Shoulder Weep
The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me.
IDA TARBELL

Abonded Against Belong Circle Knew replace Respectable Security Value Whole Force Won
When the business man who fights to secure special privileges, to crowd his competitor off the track by other than fair competitive methods, receives the same summary disdainful ostracism by his fellows that the doctor or lawyer who is ‘unprofessional,.
IDA TARBELL

Business Competitive Competitor Crowd Disdainful Doctor Fellow Fight Lawyer Man Method Ostracism Other Privilege Receive Secure Special Summary Track Tsame Unprofessional When
A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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Detach Easily Lay Mind Old Really Subject
Buy cheap and sell high is a rule of business, and when you control enough money and enough banks you can always manage that a stock you want shall be temporarily cheap.
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Always Bank Business Buy Cheap Control Enough High Manage Money Rule Sell Stock Temporary
If enough oil was held, or if the production fell off, up went the price, only to be knocked down by the throwing of great quantities of stocks on the market.
IDA TARBELL

Down Enough Great Knock Market Price Production Fell Quantity Stock Throw
Many men ridicule the idea that it can be scientifically handled. They tell us the unemployed have always been with us, and always must be. It is the oldest reason in the world for tolerating injustice and misery.
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Always Been Handle Idea Injustice Many Misery Must Oldest Reason Scientifically Tell Tolerating Unemployed Way
One of our gravest mistakes is persuading ourselves that nobody has passed this way before.
IDA TARBELL

Before Greatest Mistake Mobisy One Ourselves Pass Persuade Way
There is no gaming table in the world where loaded dice are tolerated, no athletic field where men must not start fair.
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Athletic Dice Faur Game Loaded Must Start Table Tolerate World
A popular disturbance never remains long in the full control of those who start it.
IDA TARBELL

Control Disturbance Full Long never Popular Remain Start

When the business man who fights to secure special privileges, to crowd his competitor off the track by other than fair competitive methods, receives the same summary disdainful ostracism by his fellows that the doctor or lawyer who is ‘unprofessional,.

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