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Woodrow Wilson: Banking is none the less hazardous to the banker’s capital and taxing to his powers because the best writing of the best…

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Banking is none the less hazardous to the banker’s capital and taxing to his powers because the best writing of the best essayists is to be bought cheap.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson highlights the risks of banking, regardless of the quality of available literature.

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