Appealing Quote by Steven Pinker

“Roads, better harnesses for horses, time-keeping devices, financial instruments like a currency that was recognized everywhere in the kingdom, enforceable contracts - all of this made commerce more appealing than plunder.”

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The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me.

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