Many of those who have made it their vocation to denounce the great industrial combinations which are popularly, although with technical inaccuracy, known as “trusts,” appeal especially to hatred and fear.
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Roosevelt critiques those who incite fear and hatred against large industrial organizations, labeling them as 'trusts.'
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