The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that

Image, The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that

The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me.

—Ida Tarbell

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