Calculating Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

“A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated, avaricious selfishness.” quote by Henry Ward Beecher — Download Open image

“A gamester, as such, is the cool, calculating, essential spirit of concentrated, avaricious selfishness.”

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