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The commercial spirit is the spirit of profit, not patriotism; of credit, not honor; of individual gain, not national prosperity; of trade and dickering, not principle.

Lincoln Steffens

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Der Handelsgeist ist der Geist des Profits, nicht der Patriotismus; Kredit, nicht Ehre; des individuellen Gewinns, nicht des nationalen Wohlstands; des Handels und des Dickens, nicht des Prinzips.

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