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But as fast as a person makes new acquisitions , and becomes accustomed to the resulting new standard of wealth , the new standard forthwith ceases to afford appreciably greater satisfaction than the earlier standard did .
But as fast as a person makes new acquisitions , and becomes accustomed to the resulting new standard of wealth , the new standard forthwith ceases to afford appreciably greater satisfaction than the earlier standard did .
Page 68
The accepted standard of expenditure in the community or in the class to which a person belongs largely determines what his standard of living will be . It does this directly by commending itself to his common sense as right and good ...
The accepted standard of expenditure in the community or in the class to which a person belongs largely determines what his standard of living will be . It does this directly by commending itself to his common sense as right and good ...
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If they ask us why it is that we say more on the money question than we say upon the tariff question , I reply that , if protection has slain its thousands , the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands .
If they ask us why it is that we say more on the money question than we say upon the tariff question , I reply that , if protection has slain its thousands , the gold standard has slain its tens of thousands .
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Contents
I | 1 |
A message of hope and a promise of action First Inaugural Address | 5 |
The clash of cultures C A Eastman 1915 | 11 |
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| Title | The Making of American Democracy: 1865-1960 Volume 2 of The Making of American Democracy: Readings and Documents, Ray Allen Billington |
| Editor | Ray Allen Billington |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962 |
| ISBN | 0209540710, 9780209540712 |
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