The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national pr — Lincoln Steffens
The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national pr — Lincoln Steffens
The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national pr — Lincoln Steffens
The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national pr — Lincoln Steffens
The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national pr — Lincoln Steffens
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The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

— Lincoln Steffens
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