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How were they to square the tremendous wealth they accrued with their image of themselves as frugal and virtuous? Easy: just argue that commerce was itself virtuous. To be rich in corrupt old Europe must be a sign of droneishness
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but to be rich in fresh young American was the fruit of hard work. The beehive provided Americans with the ideal image for their religion of work.
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