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“I observe that there are two entirely different theories according…” quote by Elihu Root — Download Open image

“I observe that there are two entirely different theories according to which individual men seek to get on in the world. One theory leads a man to pull down everybody around him in order to climb up on them to a higher place. The other leads a man to help everybody around him in order that he may go up with them.”

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