"I am disappointed by that stroke of death that has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure."

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“His profession made him rich and he made his profession respectable.”

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"A full belly to the labourer was, in my opinion, the foundation of public morals and the only source of real public peace."

— William Cobbett

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— Bertrand Russell

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— Neil H. Jacoby

Economics1909–1979

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