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the word 'justification' has itself had a chequered career over the course of many centuries of debate. As the major historian of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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I took a dozen of our top managers to Argentina, to the windswept mountains of the real Patagonia, for a walkabout. In… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
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