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“Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. Ten years ago such revelations as these of the Erie Railway would have sent a shudder through the community, and would have placed a stigma on every man who had had to do them. Now they merely incite others to surpass by yet bolder outrages and more corrupt combinations.”

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Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Charles Francis Adams was an American politician born on August 18, 1807, and died on November 21, 1886. He served as a consultant to President Lincoln during the American Civil War and played a significant role in foreign policy. more

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