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“Each of us has Heaven and Hell in him, Basil,' cried Dorian, with a wild gesture of despair.”

Art Beauty Wilde Decadent The Picture Of Dorian Gray Fin De Siecle 1890s

Book:The Picture Of Dorian Gray

Source: The Picture Of Dorian Gray

“The question will arise and arise in your day, though perhaps not fully in mine: Which shall rule — wealth or man? Which shall lead — money or intellect? Who shall fill public stations — educated and patriotic freemen or the feudal serfs of corporate capital?”

Politics Capitalism Progressive Income Inequality Antitrust Progressive Era 1890s Wisconsin Supreme Court

Author:Edward G. Ryan

“This is a nation of inconsistencies. The Puritans fleeing from oppression became oppressors. We fought England for our liberty and put chains on four million of blacks. We wiped out slavery and our tariff laws and national banks began a system of white wage slavery worse than the first. Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street. The great common people of this country are slaves, and monopoly is the master.”

Politics Capitalism Progressive Income Inequality Wall Street Progressive Era 1890s Too Big To Fail

Author:Mary Lease

“Liberty produces wealth, and wealth destroys liberty.”

Politics Progressive Wall Street Antitrust Progressive Era 1890s

Book:Wealth Against Commonwealth

Source: Wealth Against Commonwealth