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The conditions of commerce have changed much more in the last hundred years than in the preceding two thousand.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt notes the dramatic changes in commerce over the last century, suggesting a significant evolution in economic practices.

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