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In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.
Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Steffens
Born: Apr 6, 1866
Died: Aug 9, 1936

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Business, Corruption, Better, Men, Trouble, Cities, Classes, Rarely, Pursued, Caught, Sources, Whence, Realize, Fully

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