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If he lived elsewhere, his one chance of acquiring great wealth, and his best chance to acquire even moderate wealth without long and plodding labor, was to speculate in wild land.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “If he lived elsewhere, his one chance of acquiring great wealth, and his best chance to acquire even moderate wealth…”
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This quote illustrates the idea that speculation in land was often the best chance for wealth outside of labor-intensive work.
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