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Financiers are great mythomaniacs, their explanations and superstitions are those of primitive men the world is a jungle to them.They perceive acutely that they are at the dawn of economic history.

Christina Stead

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Christina Stead
Age: 80 †
Born: 1902
Born: July 17
Died: 1983
Died: March 31
Novelist
Politician
Short Story Writer
Translator
Writer
Rockdale City
Explanation
Dawn
Financiers
Perceive
Acutely
Economic
Explanations
History
Jungle
Great
Superstitions
Men
Finance
World
Primitive

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