On the record
You will find that the savings banks of New England, and of all countries that are prosperous, are filled with the dollars of poor people, dollars aggregating millions in all.
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Booker T. Washington
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Editor's note · Context
He notes that the wealth of prosperous nations is often built on the savings of their poorer citizens.
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