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John Rice Carter: “We ought not to abandon great improvements in order to seek for perfection, which might cost five or six times as much…”

On the recordMay 11, 2009
We ought not to abandon great improvements in order to seek for perfection, which might cost five or six times as much to build a plant.
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

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Carter warns against sacrificing progress for unattainable perfection in energy solutions.

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