You have failed in your management. You have made a shambles of civilization. You have been blind and greedy.
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Context: Ernest accuses an audience of the wealthy of mismanaging society.
Source: Chapter V
They never see the blessed sunshine. They die like flies. The dividends are paid out of their blood. And out of the dividends magnificent churches are builded in New England, wherein your kind…
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