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It may strike us as odd that the idea of gain is a relatively modern one; we are schooled to believe that man is essentially an acquisitive creature and that left to himself he will behave as any self-respecting businessman would. The profit motive, we are constantly being told, is as old as man himself.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Unlike modern man, who dreams of the world he will make, pre-modern man dreamed of the world he left.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Robert Heilbroner
Born:
March 24, 1919
Died:
January 4, 2005
(aged 85)
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