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> [The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thorstein-veblen/the-walking-stick-serves-the-purpose-of-an-advertisement-that-the/)

[Thorstein Veblen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thorstein-veblen/)

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