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One of our gravest mistakes is persuading ourselves that nobody has passed this way before.

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Before Greatest Mistake Mobisy One Ourselves Pass Persuade Way

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You cannot settle a new country without suffering, exposure, and danger.
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Country Danger Exposure Settle Sufer
We have held that a death toll was a necessary part of every human achievement, whether sport, war or industry. A moment’s rage over the horror of it, and we have sunk into indifference.
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Achievement Death Defend Every Held Human Indifference Industry Land Moment Necessary Part Rage Sport Sunk War
A popular disturbance never remains long in the full control of those who start it.
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Control Disturbance Full Long never Popular Remain Start
[On dishonest business methods:] … frequently the defender of the practice falls back on the Christian doctrine of charity, and points out that we are erring mortals and must allow for each other’s weaknesses!.
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Back Business Charity Christian Defender Dishonest Doctrine Erring Fall Frequently Method Mortal Point Practice Weakness
we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character.
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Character Expense Living Our Raise Standard
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.
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Another Business Carry Conclusion Excuse Frailty Human Leave Legitimate Men One Pick Pocket Shoulder Weep
The theory that the man who raises corn does a more important piece of work than the woman who makes it into bread is absurd.
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Absurd Bread Important Make Man More Raise Theory Woman Work
The athlete who abuses the rules, receives, we shall have gone a long way toward making commerce a fit pursuit for our young men.
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Abuse Athlete Commerce Fit Gone Make Men Pursuit Recieve Rule Shall Toward Young
One of our gravest mistakes is persuading ourselves that nobody has passed this way before.
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Before Greatest Mistake Mobisy One Ourselves Pass Persuade Way
Speculation in oil stock companies was another great evil … From the first, oil men had to contend with wild fluctuations in the price of oil. …
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Another Company Contend Evil First Fluctuation Great Men Oil Price Speculation Stock
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.
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No value is destroyed for you – only for the original owner.
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Destroy Only Original Owner Value
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
Life is but a collection of habits.
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Collection Habit Life One Liner
A more immediate wrong is the way the movement for a fuller, freer life for all human beings is hampered.
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Being Fuller Hamper Human Immediate Life More Movement Way Wring
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

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