On the recordJune 27, 1905
It is far more important that they should conduct their business affairs decently than that they should spend the surplus of their fortunes in philanthropy.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt is far more important that they should conduct their business affairs decently than that they should spend the surplus of their fortunes in philanthropy.
Remarks at the Alumni Dinner of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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