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Great fortunes are usually made under very complex conditions both of effort and of surrounding, and the mere fact of the complexity makes it difficult to deal with the new conditions thus created.
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Roosevelt discusses the complexities surrounding the accumulation of wealth, suggesting that these complexities complicate governance.
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