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A business society, therefore, always has in its children a large group of individuals who cannot make money and who do not understand (or want to understand) the profit motive. In short, they are subversives.

Margaret Halsey

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Margaret Halsey
Age: 86 †
Born: 1910
Born: February 13
Died: 1997
Died: February 4
Writer
Yonkers
New York State
Always
Society
Motive
Understand
Individuals
Individual
Profit
Business
Group
Money
Large
Cannot
Therefore
Children
Short
Make
Groups

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